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shutty uppy

shutty uppy interjection: shut up.

Interjection

  1. (childish, rare) Shut up.
    • Baby June was still howling as she was carried up the steps. Through the clamour Leda’s Nannie voice came clearly to May in her hiding-place. . . . . “Icky baby shutty-uppy or Leda pinch her icky botty.” Baby June screamed suddenly. Leda laughed and smothered her with kisses.1983, Molly Keane, “Bedtime”, in Time After Time, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, published 1984, →ISBN, page 41
    • ◅ Wakey Wakey the alarm clock. Shutty Uppy!1999 December, Martin Kitts, “40 Winks”, in Tim Weaver, editor, N64 Magazine, Bath, Somerset: Future Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 70

Origin of shutty uppy

From shut up with -y added to both words, often in order to diminish its effect.

Questions about shutty uppy

What does shutty uppy mean?
Shutty uppy means shut up.
What part of speech is shutty uppy?
Shutty uppy is an interjection.

Words near shutty uppy in the dictionary

  1. Shuttleworths
  2. shuttling
  3. shuttlings
  4. Shutts
  5. shutty
  6. shutty uppy
  7. shutup
  8. shutups
  9. shutwing
  10. shutwings
  11. shuv-holer

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