tiswas
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Possibly coined by the Royal Air Force. Possibly a blend of it + is + was. Compare tizzy.
Noun[edit]
tiswas (plural not attested)
- (UK) A state of nervous excitement or confusion.
- 2002, James Riordan, War Song, page 88:
- It was her first ever visit to the capital and she was all of a tiswas.
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References[edit]
- Eric Partridge (2005) “all of a tiswas”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, volumes 1 (A–I), London, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 23.