tweety

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

tweet +‎ -y

Adjective[edit]

tweety (comparative more tweety, superlative most tweety)

  1. Characterised by tweets (in various senses).
    • 1973, Fredelle Bruser Maynard, Guiding Your Child to a More Creative Life, page 165:
      If, though, he's curious about the voice of a particular instrument — “What made that high tweety sound?” — a knowledgeable parent can provide answers.
    • 2009 September 6, Miranda Sawyer, “Robbie returns”, in Guardian[1]:
      Witness Calvin Harris, who got himself into a right old tweety huff over a record review the other day, accusing the unnamed writer of giving other musicians - "rich people's kids" - good reviews "because mummy fucked the journo in the 80s"; but only giving Calvin's album two stars because the journo skipped through the tracks on his lunchbreak.

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