Nipply

[Dennis R. Preston]

>I have "bit" as a later-life learned alternative for "tad"  (It's a
>bit/tad cold out today") But I have "tid-bit" referrring only to
>tasty morsels (and metaphoric extensions thereof). I don't have
>"tid-bit" as an alternative to "tad, bit." Have I missed something
>(again)?

dInIs



>On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, Michael wrote:
>
>#as has already been brought up by others, almost every
>#instance i've heard in which "nipply" used, the speaker
>#intended to make a play on the word "nippy".
>#
>#i myself often use the possibly-more-complete "it's a
>#tid-bit nipply out there"
>
>Shouldn't that be "tit-bit"?
>
>-- Mark A. Mandel
>    Linguist at Large

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