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tiswas

noun

Etymology

Possibly coined by the Royal Air Force. Possibly a blend of it + is + was. Compare tizzy.

  1. derived from *h₂wes-✻
  2. derived from *h₁es-✻
  3. derived from *bʰuH-✻
  4. inherited from *was✻
  5. inherited from wæs
  6. inherited from was
  7. compounded as tiswas — “it + is + was”

Definitions

  1. A state of nervous excitement or confusion.

    • It was her first ever visit to the capital and she was all of a tiswas.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA