Definitions
Etymologies
- From French tutu, an alteration of cucu, which is itself a reduplicated form of cul ("butt, bum, arse"). (Wiktionary)
- French, perhaps alteration of cucu, baby-talk reduplication of cul, buttocks; see culotte. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“When I researched the roots of the word 'tutu, no wonder I'm drawn to it.”
The Huffington Post: Deborah Jiang Stein: Who Says Tough Girls Don't Wear Tutus?
“Contrary to its image as an elite garment for the stage or high fashion only, commoners in France first used the word 'tutu.”
The Huffington Post: Deborah Jiang Stein: Who Says Tough Girls Don't Wear Tutus?
“Contrary to its image as an elite garment for the stage or high fashion only, the word "tutu" was first used by commoners in France.”
“Then I researched the roots of the word "tutu," and no wonder I'm drawn to it.”
“The French word "tutu" comes from the French baby - talk word for derriere.”
“His grandmother -- whom he calls Toot, a shortened version of "tutu," the Hawaiian word for grandparent -- was the down-to-earth one.”
“Obama has often mentioned "Toot" - his version of the Hawaiian word "tutu," or grandparent”
“He has often mentioned "Toot" - his version of the Hawaiian word "tutu," or grandparent - as an example of a strong woman succeeding through intelligence and determination.”
“The woman he calls "Toot" -- short for "tutu," the Hawaiian word for grandmother -- helped raise him from the age of 10 while Obama's mother was working in Indonesia.”
“He has often mentioned "Toot" _ his version of the Hawaiian word "tutu," or grandparent _ as an example of a strong woman succeeding through intelligence and determination.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘tutu’.
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Reduples
Go for it, brothers and sisters! I personally have been suffering long for lack of an open reduplicatives list
happy clappy, bribble-brabble, diddle-daddle, hugger-mugger, kikiriki, Bora-Bora, mahi-mahi, jingle-jangle, knick-knack paddy..., chit-chat, bon-bon, clapperclaw and 292 more...
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The Pain of Texting
Words that are a pain in the ass to type in on a numerical keypad on a cell phone because they have consecutive letters that share the same button:
2 - ABC
3 - DEF
4 - GHI...defcon, hi, no, attitude, xylophone, on, monday, monkey, mono, dig, back, babble and 212 more...
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Really Cool Four-Letter Words
I marvel at the amazing variety of four-letter words in the English language. And that's not even counting really common (to me) words like fuck.
ibis, pelf, sofa, iota, oboe, lava, icon, sped, puha, pulp, puma, kyat and 150 more...
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Words Covered in Faery Dust (T)
words that evoke magic, mystery, mayhem, magnificence or anything else that glimmers in the grass
tabard, tadpole, taffeta, taffy, talisman, tallgrass, tam, tamarind, tamarack, tambourine, tango, tansy and 144 more...
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Words of the Times
Words discovered while reading The New York Times, each with a citation from the paper.
testilying, ghost talk, apneist, solastalgia, izakaya, hooker, telectroscope, airflyte, phomance, bromhidrosis, stinky feet, cupping and 482 more...
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Isograms
Words with each letter repeated the same number of times. The pattern of repetition is tagged: 1212, 1221, 121122, 122121, 121233, 122133, 123123, 123132, 123213, 123231, 123312, 123321, 12123434, ...
deeded, sestettes, geggee, appeases, caucasus, isis, cancan, intestines, mesosome, palpal, valval, mama and 154 more...
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Another day, a whole nother list
rump, spot on, flank, outflank, rank, bedeck, leafhopper, apocope, academic, set-to, point of no return, cloy and 210 more...
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Déjà wordie?
pom-pom, mama, gaga, muumuu, cancan, dodo, aye-aye, kaka, dada, boo-boo, coco, lulu and 18 more...
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Toot Toot, Beep Beep!
chichi, tomtom, weewee, poohpooh, tutu, tsetse, ta-ta, peepee, woop woop, ack-ack, ding-ding, bon bon and 44 more...
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polkaswingdotdance's Words
selah, hosanna, twinkle, gubernatorial, feisty, salaam, telenovela, geizer, deafening, parentheses, tutu, tulle and 10 more...
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à la barre
ballet, arabesque, en pointe, plié, pirouette, port de bras, adagio, rond de jambe, relevé, pas de chat, glissade, fouetté and 23 more...
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Extract (2009)
Words from 2009 'Extract' film.
humbucking, vato, sweatpants, settle down, forklift, dinkus, mill around, condo, chlorine, insulation, fiberglass, bartender and 38 more...
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Words that are also excellent band na...
I'm not going to say I'm the worst guitarist in the world; I'm probably only the 3rd or 4th worst. But I'm great at naming bands. It's kind of a bummer -- I have this hidden talent for band naming,...
kung fu, cherry bomb, ped, frowned upon, huarache, tutu, sauselito, phantom power, magnetic north, arugula, ectomorph, scone and 13 more...
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double double
found on a little post-it in a library book
walla-walla, tomtom, couscous, bonbon, pompom, froufrou, chi-chi, poopoo, booboo, pooh-pooh, pupu, tutu and 5 more...
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T
twilight, tutu, tea rose, taffeta, thimble, thistle, tinker, tiptoe, tulle, tumble, tawny, 'twill and 37 more...
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Reduplicatives
moyamoya, sacsac, tam-tam, ta-ta, tutu, can-can, muumuu, aye-aye, nene, titi, tsetse, boo-boo and 6 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for tutu.
john "Beyond that, Mr. Obama has played golf, taken walks on the beach with his daughters, eaten dinner at a few Honolulu restaurants with his wife and friends, and visited almost daily with his grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, whom Mr. Obama calls “tutu,�? a Hawaiian term."
The New York Times, McCain Displays Credentials as Obama Relaxes, by Michael Falcone, August 14, 2008 Aug 15, 2008
reesetee Alphabetical? ;-) Apr 29, 2008
chained_bear I call WeirdNet bias. Why Desmond is listed before "a very short skirt" is beyond me*.
*note: not really. Apr 29, 2008
adoarns well-known ballet skirt. Dec 10, 2006
oroboros along with the ballet costume, tutu is also the hawaiian word for grandmother Dec 5, 2006