NotSpez@lemm.ee to Curated Tumblr@sh.itjust.works · 10 months agoWhat’s in a name?i.imgur.comimagemessage-square143fedilinkarrow-up11.21Karrow-down145
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minus-squareBob@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·10 months agoTit does live up to its name! It’s an archaic word for a small thing. https://www.etymonline.com/word/tit#etymonline_v_13361
minus-squareelementalguy2@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·10 months agoStill used in the phrase titbit in the UK, which Americans censored to tidbit.
Tit does live up to its name! It’s an archaic word for a small thing. https://www.etymonline.com/word/tit#etymonline_v_13361
Still used in the phrase titbit in the UK, which Americans censored to tidbit.
Hence also “tit for tat”!