tintsn. sunglasses. Somebody sat on my
tints. I have to get some prescription
tints.
tip-offn. a clue; an indication. The tip-
off was when the dog started wagging his
tail. We knew you were hiding somewhere
close. The broken twig was just the tip-
off Barlowe needed.
tip one’s handtv. to reveal what one is go-
ing to do; to reveal one’s secrets. (From
card playing.) I didn’t tip my hand at
all. I left them guessing. They tried to
get me to tip my hand.
tipple 1. n. liquor; strong liquor. This is
mighty fine tipple. A little more tipple,
Tom? 2. tv. & in. to drink liquor; to sip
at a vessel of liquor. He’s been tippling
beer since early morning. Actually, he’s
been tippling since 1943. 3. n. a drink of
liquor. How about a little tipple? I’ll
take just a little tipple—for my arthritis,
you know. 4. n. a drinking bout. We ll ,
Uncle Harry’s off on a tipple again. No,
that’s the same tipple.
tippler 1. n. a tavern keeper. Another
beer, faithful tippler. John is the best tip-
pler this place has ever seen. Tip me an-
other, John. 2. n. a drunkard. Uncle Ben
was a tippler—a harmless one. He
started drinking at fifteen and has been a
tippler ever since.
tipplymod. alcohol intoxicated. Ben is
too tipply to drive home. I feel a little
tipply.
tipstern. someone who gives special in-
formation; an informer. We got this
from a tipster who has usually proven re-
liable in the past. The cops got this info
from their favorite tipster.
titless wonder 1. n. an oafish or awkward
person. (Usually objectionable.) That
stupid jerk is the classic titless wonder.
What a twit! 2. n. an unsatisfactory thing
or situation. I’ve got to take this titless
wonder into the shop for an oil change.
titsn. breasts, usually a woman’s. (Usually
objectionable.) She’s nothing but tits
and teeth! Not a brain in her head!
tits and assGo to T. and A.
tits upmod. upside down; on its or some-
one’s back. (Usually objectionable.) He
landed tits up in a cornfield. Her lousy
pie fell tits up onto the kitchen f loor.
tizzy[“tIzi] n. a state of confusion. (See also
twit.) The kind of tizzy that this place
gets into drives me up the wall. The of-
fice was in a tizzy when I left.
TLCn. tender loving care. (Initialism.) All
he needs is a little TLC. This old car will
keep running as long as I give it lots of
TLC.
T-mann. a federal narcotics agent; a trea-
sury agent. (The Tis from treasury.)
The T-men were at the front while Bruno
crept out the back. It’s curtains for you,
T-man!
toast 1. n. a drunkard. The old toast
stumbled in front of a car. A couple of
toasts tried to get us to buy them drinks. 2.
mod. excellent. This stuff is toast!
Your silks are real toast. 3. mod. burned;
done for. If you don’t get here in twenty
minutes, you’re toast. I told him he was
toast for not being there.
toastedmod. alcohol intoxicated. The
chick got toasted on two glasses of cheap
white wine. I’m not toasted, just a lit-
tle breathless.
to beat the bandmod. very hard and very
fast. He’s selling computers to beat the
band since he started advertising. She
worked to beat the band to get ready for
this.
to bootmod. in addition. For graduation,
I got a new suit and a coat to boot. She
got an F on her term paper and f lunked
the final to boot.
todaymod. now; immediately. (Sarcastic.)
I want it done, now—today. Come
on. Sam. Move it. Today!
toddle offin. to depart; to walk away.
She said good-bye and toddled off. The
old man toddled off somewhere and got
lost.
toddy blossomn. a large pimple from too
much drinking. (See also strawberry.)
He was sporting a toddy blossom that
would be the envy of any bum on skid row.toddy blossom