Where Did the Word Tiddly Come from?
What We Call a 'Shot' Was Once a 'Short,' Which May Have Influenced the Formation of 'Tiddleywink. ' Around the Same Time, the Base Word Tiddly Came to Be Used...
What we call a 'shot' was once a 'short,' which may have influenced the formation of 'tiddleywink. ' Around the same time, the base word tiddly came to be used in slang for an alcoholic drink; later, that sense developed into a euphemism for being drunk.
What does tiddly mean in slang?
adjective. 1. (chiefly brit., informal) Drunk; tipsy.
Can tiddly mean small?
adjective. If you describe a thing as tiddly, you mean that it is very small. [British, informal]
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