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titchy

Definitions

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  • adjective informal tiny, very small.

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Examples

  • I've known the word titchy since early childhood but had never thought about its origin until, on a recent trip to the Basque country, I became aware that there is a Basque word titxia pronounced "titchia", meaning small.

    languagehat.com: TITCHY. 2004

  • Now, how in the hell am I supposed to know what "titchy" means?

    languagehat.com: TITCHY. 2004

  • Little Tich is a familiar name to me, but I didn't realize 'titchy' came from him!

    languagehat.com: TITCHY. 2004

  • Then again, I did have every single Asterix and Obelix book ever published anyone with a remote appreciation of puns ought look up these works of genius, and the word "titchy" was often applied to Asterix.

    languagehat.com: TITCHY. 2004

  • The keyboard has been described as slightly cramped and the trackpad "titchy," so this maybe more suited to those with smaller hands.

    Yahoo! News: Latest news headlines News Headlines | Top Stories 2010

  • The keyboard has been described as slightly cramped and the trackpad "titchy," so this maybe more suited to those with smaller hands.

    Pocket-lint 2010

  • The keyboard has been described as slightly cramped and the trackpad "titchy," so this maybe more suited to those with smaller hands.

    Pocket-lint 2010

  • The keyboard has been described as slightly cramped and the trackpad "titchy," so this maybe more suited to those with smaller hands.

    Pocket-lint 2010

  • The keyboard has been described as slightly cramped and the trackpad "titchy," so this maybe more suited to those with smaller hands.

    Pocket-lint 2010

  • Alex at Shedworking calls it "the titchiest public library in the UK"; I had to look that up, and found that "titchy" is a British colloquialism for "very small."

    TreeHugger 2009

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  • kalvin commented on the word titchy

    eenswy-weensy. british slang. as seen in harry potter.

    July 24, 2007

  • knitandpurl commented on the word titchy

    "It was the second batch of majoun that decided me. The first was forgivably small, but the second was titchy."

    Psychogeography by Will Self, 93

    October 16, 2010

  • qms commented on the word titchy

    When Celia was angry with Richie

    Her vengeance was cleverly bitchy:

    She’d cook favorite dishes

    But (this part is vicious)

    The portions, though tasty, were titchy.

    March 17, 2018