The phrase a ‘Gill’ is referred to someone who may agree to a bet, wager, competition etc. where the
loser has to participate in a forfeit, but then upon losing, they refuse to comply for no reason, backing out of the original agreement. If a person does this on a regular occasion or has even done this more than once, the may be called a ‘Gilla’ or a ‘Gilly’.
Don’t ever make a bet with a ‘Gill’.
A ‘Gill’ may well make a prior agreement, shake hands and agree the stakes, participate in the event/competition, but because they can’t take loosing and/or are not someone of their word they just refuse to undertake the agreed forfeit without any logical explanation.
For example:
Ryan and a group of friends are playing crazy
golf, to make the game more interesting they agree that the looser of the game will have to do a forfeit. They shake hands, agree and play the game.
Ryan then loses but for some reason, refuses to do the forfeit. Just repeating no, no, no I’m not doing it and walking away, after throwing a sulk because he lost.
“
Ryan you lost crazy
golf fair and
square,
don’t tell me you’re going to be a Gill and not do the forfeit, what’s
wrong with you?”
Ryan in this incident is a massive Gill, a compete wet blanket and basically a wanker. He may also come up with a number of ridiculous excuses as to why he can’t or shouldn’t complete the agreed forfeit. Never make a bet with
Ryan, he will just spoil the fun for everyone. What a complete and utter Gill.
