Is the usage of “tit” here based on a name for a foolish person?
… Apparently used since the 19th century, tit may be the same word, or it may have evolved from twit. Twit ( noun) : (Etymonline). “foolish, stupid and ineffectual person,” 1934, British slang, …
“Don’t tit about on ladders”
Is the usage of “tit” here based on a name for a foolish person?
… Apparently used since the 19th century, tit may be the same word, or it may have evolved from twit. Twit ( noun) : (Etymonline). “foolish, stupid and ineffectual person,” 1934, British slang, …
In other words, “Don’t act foolishly on ladders”?