Did you mean Teddy?
Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A woman's undergarment combining a camisole top and panties.
- n. A teddy bear.
Wiktionary
- n. abbreviation of teddy bear.
- n. By extension, any stuffed toy.
- n. A type of all-in-one piece of women's underwear.
Examples
“The interest in teddy bears would become very popular in society.”
“Health insurance was in teddy Roosevelt's Progressive Party platform ... what's taking so long?”
Insurance industry has had a 'long enough time,' Pelosi says
“Wed 10/14/09 9: 29 AM teddy is the oldest looking high school kid ever. .i actually have taken a 180 turn on Ade. i actually enjoyed navid being a virgin and still being respectful to Ade. to sleep with him out of fake lust for teddy was just wrong so i think she got what she deserved. i cant believe i just commented about 90210 …”
“The name teddy bear comes from President Theodore Roosevelt.”
“I wish I’d had some of that spongy white stuff they put in teddy bears.”
It approaches - and nothing can stop it...piglet is ... ASTUTE
“A British schoolteacher spent time in a Sudanese jail after she allowed her students to name teddy bears after Mohammed.”
“What I've been sleeping in for the past two years could be called a teddy, but only if it's understood that the word is not synonymous with a slinky negligee, but strictly a nod to women's nightwear worn during the first Roosevelt administration.”
The Huffington Post: The Whooping Cough of Aspen Fashion Week
“My son Jack named his teddy bear Monkey Butt, and my son Zeke named his gold fish Fish Stick.”
“Likewise, it is silent on the matter of whether one can name a teddy bear after Mohammed.”
“Contrary to reassurances from the Sudanese embassy in London, Gillian Gibbons, the British teacher in Khartoum who did not realize naming a teddy bear Muhammad was verboten, has been charged with blasphemy, inciting hatred, and insulting Islam.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘teddy’.
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•Open List: Songboys
Inspired by gangerh's extremely addictive list songbirds, this is the same type list, but for male names. Same rules apply:
Names of boys in song titles. Not in the lyrics, just in the title...jack, jesse, jakey, john, arthur, nick, donald, bill, billy, gideon, riley, charlie and 95 more...
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Scrabble Names
Given names that were acceptable for play the last time I checked the OWL.
kris, ray, barb, morris, kat, mark, maria, erica, marge, mason, hunter, hazel and 164 more...
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Found My Bearings
A list of bear words, mostly real tending fair to fanciful after midday.
grizzly, honey, gummi, teddy, ursidae, polar, caniform, giant panda, dwarf panda, spectacled, short-faced, kodiak and 61 more...
sionnach Spelling out rolig's explanation, the joke depends on the fact that the British English equivalent of "on your marks, get set, go!" is "Ready, steady, go!". Yes? Dec 15, 2008
rolig This joke won't work for most USAmericans. For years after moving to Europe and watching the BBC regularly on cable, I had no idea why a popular cooking show was called "Ready Steady Cook!" I kept hearing "steady cook" as a noun phrase. Where I come from, we say, "On your mark, get set, go!" Dec 15, 2008
bilby Q: How do you start a teddy bear race?
A: Ready, Teddy, Go!
- bon-bon at end of year party :-) Dec 15, 2008
skipvia Teddy Boy by Paul McCartney. Not proud to admit that I remember this. Feb 9, 2008
treeseed The song Teddy by Connie Francis went to #17 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1960. Feb 9, 2008