'Het'

[weebarra]

If a colleague said that you were 'het' for something in a business environment, what would you think this meant?
Wondering if this is a particular geographic thing or UK wide!

the only meaning I know for "het" is heterosexual!? but in a business context no idea.

I’ve heard ‘het up’ used before, to mean wound up or similar, but never ‘het’ on its own.

Excited as in wound up.

I'd have absolutely no idea.

It would mean it was my responsibility - we use this all the time at work!

I'd think they were unwell.

@KirstyRed

It would mean it was my responsibility - we use this all the time at work!

This is a completely new meaning to me! Where does it come from?

I’ve also only heard it in the context het up, eg worked up/agitated over something.

I’m in Glasgow - I didn’t realise this wasn’t a widely used term until this thread!

That's it @KirstyRed !
I think it comes from playground games where the person who was chasing was 'het' or 'it'.
I'm originally from the west coast of Scotland but now live in the east. I think it's a Glasgow thing.

Oh I get it! So here in the home counties we would say "you're it" and you say "you're het". Different meaning to eg "don't get all het up about it".

I am definitely going to introduce that in meetings. Not sure the Swedes, Germans or Americans I work with will get it

@weebarra that makes sense! Interesting, it’s everyday language at work, but good to know people who aren’t from Glasgow might not know what it means.

I'm from Glasgow though live in E.D now. I've never heard anyone say "het" in that context before, other than the playground one.

Wound up, annoyed, or heterosexual abbreviation

I am Scottish (Fifer) and I also understand 'het' as @KirstyRed describes. DH and I use it all the time in a variety of scenarios often to get out of doing something we don't want to e.g. you're 'het' for walking the dog in the rain or you're 'het' to wash the dishes etc.

I know 'het up' as in 'worked up about something'.

Echo PPs… wound up about something, eg “There’s no need to get so het up about it!” etc

Ah, yes. You're het means you're "it" or responsible for it, or pulled the short straw. "Het" is also an emotional state, usually "you're all het up" but also used when referring to breast milk - "calm down or you'll be giving the bairn het milk". Think they're all related to "hot".

Het up - knickers in a twist type thing

South African "it's net verrry het in your country is it ?"

I'd have no idea what they meant

@ginandbearit

South African "it's net verrry het in your country is it ?"

That just made me snort laugh.

I know het as het up or an abbreviation of heterosexual only.

I only know it as an abbreviation of heterosexual too

You are responsible for doing that thing/carrying out the task

@KirstyRed

It would mean it was my responsibility - we use this all the time at work!

Yip!

Het as in you’re het, in the children’s game, tig.