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  • adjective idiomatic (slang, usually of a woman, usually naked) lying down face up
  • adjective idiomatic (slang) (vulgar) completely failed so as to become inactive
  • adjective idiomatic (slang) (vulgar) dead

Etymologies

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From “tits” + “up”, in reference to a woman lying on her back.

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