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Diddy

//ˈdɪdi// adj, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Very small, tiny. UK, informal

    "Me mither mend't me auld breeks, / But ay! but they were diddy;"

Noun
  1. 1
    A woman's breast. slang

    "It’s what they call a roany bush. Well, it’s green now, but in a month’s time it’ll be as red as a fox’s diddy, and you wouldn’t know it for berries growing all over it."

  2. 2
    A gypsy. UK, slang

    "Real Gypsies despise them and call them ' diddikais — dirty diddies,' and half the sins laid at their door have been committed by these diddikais."

  3. 3
    Alternative form of didie (“a diaper”). Canada, US, alt-of, alternative, childish, rare
  4. 4
    A fool, a tit. British, Ireland, informal

    "Hell, I almost regret editing out my original miss-spelling of the word 'literacy', since your sense of humour seems to be in need of some assistance, and that would have been a classic, one-off opportunity not only to make me look a right diddy, but to finally prove that Americans do understand irony."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Variant of titty. Attested from the late eighteenth century.

Etymology 2

Variant of titty. Attested from the late eighteenth century.

Etymology 3

Likely from Romani didikai; compare didicoy.

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