OED says Toots is probably from the earlier "meaningless alliteration" Tootsy-wootsy used as a term of endearment (or just to refer to a woman or sweetheart in general).

Oct 26, 2011 · I was just sitting thinking I had cold tootsies meaning my toes or feet! This got me wondering, where on earth does the word tootsie/tootsy come from? I did Google this and got …

Sep 1, 2016 · Today, in the midst of chatting on other SE sites, the term "bum buddies" was used. Some other users took this to be offensive, saying that it was just a slightly less egregious version of "butt bu...

To clarify, the situation I'm asking about is as a 'call-word' (a vocative, a stand alone hey-you (what -is- the word for this)), not as a referential noun. The later is -very- gendered, it says exactly what sex a …

Mar 22, 2018 · A shortened form of the hypocoristic dim. suffix -sy suffix, added to the same classes of words, as Babs, Toots; ducks (see duck n.1 3c), moms. I wasn't familiar with the referenced singular …

Jun 15, 2020 · Chambers Slang Dictionary dates it to the 1920s, and also records the variants hard titty, tough tiddy, tough tit, tough titties and tough tits. It is defined as ‘bad luck’ and shown to produce …

The plural of foot is feet but the plurals of root, boot, and toot are roots, boots, and toots. I have ascertained from my research that whenever an oo word changes its plural form to ee, that word …

Sep 28, 2022 · The full OED has it first recorded 1915 under definition P4 how's (less frequently how are) tricks? - how are things? how are you getting on? colloquial (originally U.S.). Compare You …

Apr 10, 2017 · What is the origin of the expression "never argue with someone who buys ink by the barrel"? I heard it on the news and I would like to know who coined the expression.

In this delicious abode [his "choice set of apartments"], Mr. Toots devoted himself to the cultivation of those gentle [sporting] arts which refine and humanise existence, his chief instructor in which was an …