English · Idiom Candidate

tough titty

Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Too bad, it's not my problem

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

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Machine-translated — suggest a fix

Literally: hard nipple

Where it’s used: Used Widespread English

Examples

Ooh you want the remote control do you, ooh, tough titty no, thank you Peter

British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-31; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “tough titty” mean?

Too bad, it's not my problem Literally: hard nipple

Is “tough titty” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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