About

“Seems Legit” is an expression used as a sarcastic retort to a suspected attempt at deception and is often used to caption image macros depicting factually questionable statements and scenarios.


Origin

The word “legit” is a colloquial shortening of the adjective “legitimate”, which was coined in the mid 15th century to mean “lawfully begotten” according to the Online Etymology Dictionary.[3] The term was popularized in 1991 with the release of the song “Too Legit to Quit” by rap artist MC Hammer.