tough titty said the kitty
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Chosen for the rhyme. The image is of a kitten suckling at the mother cat's teat, hence the references to milk in the extended variants.
Interjection[edit]
- (humorous) Synonym of tough titty (“hard luck; too bad”)
Usage notes[edit]
- Sometimes further elaborated into various phrases involving milk: "tough titty said the kitty..."
- but the milk sure tastes good
- but the milk's still good
- but the milk's damn good
- but the milk tastes fine
- when the milk went dry
- when the milk wouldn't run; etc.
- that spilled the milk