Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

tubby water

English answer:

water from the bathtub, water from the tub

Added to glossary by Michael Powers (PhD)
Feb 6, 2009 14:06
15 yrs ago
English term

tubby water

English Social Sciences Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
Don't drink the tubby water

Thank you in advance!
Change log

Feb 6, 2009 14:38: Tony M changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

Feb 6, 2009 17:52: NGK changed "Field (specific)" from "Linguistics" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters"

Feb 20, 2009 04:35: Michael Powers (PhD) Created KOG entry

Feb 20, 2009 04:35: Michael Powers (PhD) changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"

Feb 20, 2009 04:36: Michael Powers (PhD) changed "Field" from "Other" to "Social Sciences" , "Field (specific)" from "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters" to "Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc."

Responses

+8
2 mins
Selected

water from the bathtub, water from the tub

It sounds like "baby talk" or the type of speech many times used when addressing a very little boy or girl, as in 2 year old or younger.

Mike :)
Peer comment(s):

agree Jack Doughty : Yes, and remember not to thow the baby out with it!
2 mins
Well, that depends on how fussy ... - Mike :)
agree Ken Cox : with Jack ;-)
5 mins
Thank you, Ken - Mike :)
agree NancyLynn : My two-year-old looks forward to her tubby-tub - and I have to ensure she doesn't drink the tubby water... I'm also very unlikely to throw her out with it! :-) // I'm guessing, then, that they weren't too fussy in their day!
51 mins
That's great you have a two-year old - my five are between 17 and 26. Time flies by - Mike :) // At times they were fussy - as I imagine all children are. As the informal expression goes, "You gotta love 'em, but you don't gotta like 'em all the time."
agree ohemulen
3 hrs
Thank you, Kristina - Mike :)
agree Patricia Townshend (X)
3 hrs
Thank you, Patricia - Mike :)
agree Phong Le
10 hrs
Thank you, Phong - Mike :)
agree Gunilla Zedigh
22 hrs
Thank you, Gunilla - Mike :)
agree Pham Huu Phuoc
1 day 12 hrs
Thank you, Pham - Mike :)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
+6
1 min

bathwater

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Peer comment(s):

agree B D Finch : As MP notes, this sounds like babytalk.
2 mins
agree Ken Cox : and with B D Finch
7 mins
agree Sheila Wilson : must be, I suppose, though I've never heard it before (could be AmEng - we didn't call it the bathtub)
7 mins
agree NancyLynn : My two-year-old looks forward to her tubby-tub - and I have to ensure she doesn't drink the tubby water... ;-)
52 mins
agree ohemulen
3 hrs
agree Patricia Townshend (X)
3 hrs
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