Tittynope. Despite coming up with a red line denoting a spelling mistake, it is actually a word, and no, it is nothing rude or untoward. Yes, I see you in the corner, sniggering. Control yourself.
Tittynope means ‘a small quantity of something left over’. It is often used in relation to food. ‘There is a tittynope of vegetables on your plate’. Imagine trying to use that expression and keeping a straight face. You’d be a tougher meerkat than I!
Tittynope (give me strength) is one of a number of old words, that seem, upon first viewing, to be quite dirty. There are expressions like ‘butt shaft’, that refer to blunt arrows, and ‘assart’, which isn’t posterior-developed painting, but instead, a reference to land primed for farming. Old ladies used to place ‘dick-pots’ under their petticoats to keep themselves warm…
I’m now considering how to use these expressions in day-to-day life, but I suspect I won’t have much cause to. I will however, definitely use tittynope, wherever and whenever I can.
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OMG. I LOVE this. I was laughing the whole time and I’m not ashamed of it.
Sounds like something a stripper would do. “Take the money and run = TITTYNOPE.”
Grrr, there were loads of laughing faces in this comment, but they don’t appear!
Grr. Darn it. But, just reading your reply made me start laughing about tittynope again! LMAO
This offers so many ways to torment you now 😀