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little Timmy

little Timmy noun: placeholder name for a young child in an example scenario.

Noun

little Timmy (plural little Timmies or little Timmys)

  1. (informal) Placeholder name for a young child in an example scenario.
    • Suburbanites were uniformly young in the late fifties. Everybody was married; everybody had children. Like birds of a feather, we were eager to join up with the flock. Magazines and television had been promoting the image for almost ten years: Saturday-night backyard barbecues with friends...1978, Paula McDonald, Guilt-free, →OCLC
    • If you want little Timmy to be considered attractive and intelligent by your friends (and who doesn't?), he must learn to greet people pleasantly.1984, Emily Post, Emily Post's Etiquette, →OCLC

Examples of little Timmy in a sentence

  • The card's also handy for tuckered parents who don’t have the energy to upload images of little Timmy to a web page for grandma to see.1998 September 1, Maximum PC The Nearly Complete Collection:
  • You are going to drive to the mall and bring little Timmy to soccer practice.2005 November 11, The Omen Archives:
  • Parents — when trying to get little Timmy to let go of his friend's truck or come when you call, please don't count to three before expecting him to act.2012, Diana and Holly Parks, I Didn't See Me Do It: A Double Take on the First Twenty Years:

Forms of little Timmy

plurallittle Timmies
plurallittle Timmys

Origin of little Timmy

Perhaps from Tiny Tim, or from the Lassie film series.

Questions about little Timmy

What does little Timmy mean?
Little Timmy means placeholder name for a young child in an example scenario.
How do you use little Timmy in a sentence?
The card's also handy for tuckered parents who don’t have the energy to upload images of little Timmy to a web page for grandma to see.
What part of speech is little Timmy?
Little Timmy is a noun.
What is the plural of little Timmy?
The plural of little Timmy is little Timmies.

Words near little Timmy in the dictionary

  1. little tern
  2. little terns
  3. Little Tew
  4. Little Thatch
  5. Little Thetford
  6. little Timmy
  7. little Timmys
  8. little tinamou
  9. little tinamous
  10. Little Tobago
  11. little toe

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