This week's theme
French words that are now anglicized

This week's words
alley-oop
kickshaw
toot sweet
parry
mayday

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PRONUNCIATION:

(toot sweet)

MEANING:

adverb: Quickly; immediately.

ETYMOLOGY:

Phonetic respelling of French tout de suite (at once, straight away). Earliest documented use: 1917.

USAGE:

"Martinson called the cops and told them to get a patrol car to her house toot sweet."
Philip Elmer-DeWitt; 10 Juicy Details From the iPhone Affidavit; Fortune (New York); May 15, 2010.

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