touch of the 'tism

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English

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Etymology

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See touch (a little bit; a small amount) and 'tism (autism). User-generated website Know Your Meme dates the first attested usage to 29 April 2007 on an online forum; popularised in 2022 on video-sharing social media service TikTok.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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touch of the 'tism

  1. (Internet slang, euphemistic, sometimes humorous) A mild form or manifestation of autism.
    • 2021, Chad Prather, Am I Crazy?:
      Greta Thunberg [] has been declared Time Magazine's Person of the Year. That's right, the winner of 2019's illustrious POTY award goes to the temperamental teenager with a touch of the 'tism.
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  • acoustic (euphemistic form of autistic)

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