The phrase git gud grew out of online gaming culture in the early 2010s, especially around FromSoftware's Dark Souls series, where difficult boss fights left frustrated players asking for help on forums. The dismissive reply, a deliberate misspelling of get good, became a running joke and shorthand for skill based criticism. It spread through streams, comment sections and multiplayer lobbies, then into edited videos as a voice taunt. It remains popular because almost any game fail can be answered with the same two words.