IITYWYBAD
English
[edit]Phrase
[edit]IITYWYBAD
- Initialism of if I tell you, will you buy another drink?.
- 1939, John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath[1], published 2014, page 160:
- The signs on cards, picked out with shining mica: Pies Like Mother Used to Make. Credit Makes Enemies, Let's Be Friends. Ladies May Smoke But Be Careful Where You Lay Your Butts. Eat Here and Keep Your Wife for a Pet. IITYWYBAD?
- 1995, William J. Leonard, Where thousands fell[2], page 85:
- I saw a tank one day with the cabalistic letters "IITYWYBAD" on its side, and wondered if it were the name of some South Pacific Campaign or battleground; later I learned that it meant […]
Usage notes
[edit]- Used as a humorous sign in bars etc., encouraging customers to ask what the abbreviation stands for.
- Used without explanation in John Steinbeck's novel The Grapes of Wrath.