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ta-ta, int., n., and a.|ˌtɑːˈtɑː, ˈtætɑː, tæˈtɑː|
Also tata, ta ta, etc.
A. int. A nursery expression for ‘Good-bye’; now also in gen. colloq. use. Cf. tatty-bye int. and T.T.F.N. s.v. T 6.
1823S. Hutchinson Let. Sept.–Oct. (1954) 261 Baby I believe has not learnt any new words since Mrs M. wrote last, but she has the old ones very perfect—‘Gone’—‘Ta ta’—‘By bye’. 1837Dickens Pickw. xxvii, ‘Tar, tar, Sammy’, replied his father. 1878F. C. Burnand Strapmore i. 15 Ta-ta, little one très cher! Bye-bye. 1891L. B. Walford Mischief of Monica III. 171 ‘Ta-ta’; and the speaker slipped behind backs and vanished. 1901‘M. Franklin’ My Brilliant Career xxxii. 272 (heading) Ta-Ta to Barney's Gap. 1922T. S. Eliot Waste Land ii. 26 Goonight Bill. Goonight Lou. Goonight May. Goonight. Ta ta. Goonight. 1934― Rock ii. 69 Well, tar, tar, boys. 1949G. B. Shaw Buoyant Billions iv. 52, I must go now to see about Father's lunch. Tata. 1951R. Braddon Naked Island ii. vi. 153 ‘All right, Mr. McLeod, fall out.’.. ‘Ta-ta, Rod—see you in Australia.’ 1960L. R. Banks L-Shaped Room xxiii. 297 Charlie'll come up in a few minutes and see how you're getting on. Tata for now. 1983P. Inchbald Short Break in Venice vii. 68 Sod off!.. We'll talk later... Tata.
B. as n. A nursery or playful term.
a. A walk or outing. Also fig.
b. A hat, bonnet, etc.
a.1886J. Sully Teacher's Handbk. Psychol. x. 185 A child of eighteen months will mentally rehearse a series of experiences, as those of a walk: ‘Go tata, see geegee.’ 1912D. H. Lawrence Let. 28 Mar. (1962) I. 104 In the evening Diddler took me a tat-tar, and of course got lost. 1930― Nettles 9 Want to go a little tattah? So it shall... If it's good!.. It shall go a tattah with its Auntie In a motor. 1958‘N. Blake’ Penknife in my Heart iii. 45 Sharp at 10.45 every night..he takes his dog out for a ta-ta. 1969J. Wainwright Take-Over Men vii. 121 They're a con man's dream. They're taken for a ta-ta every market day.
b.c1910F. W. Leigh in Francis & Day's Album of Famous Old Songs (1956) viii, Put on your tat-ta, little girlie. 1912C. Mackenzie Carnival iii. 21 The tying on of her ‘ta-ta’—at first a frilled bonnet, later on a rakish Tam o' Shanter. 1920‘K. Mansfield’ Lett. to J. M. Murry (1951) 506, I put on my ta-ta. 1949M. Steen Twilight on Floods iv. viii. 644 How about having the ta-tas ready to show her?
C. attrib. or as adj. ta-ta theory (Philol.), the theory that language originated in an attempt to imitate the body's gestures with the vocal organs.
1930J. R. Firth Speech i. 7 According to the ta-ta theory of Sir Richard Paget, the tongue makes the same gesture while saying ta-ta or hither as would be made by the hand with similar intention. 1939L. H. Gray Foundations of Lang. 40 Language has been traced..by others to sounds produced by the vocal organs when half-consciously imitating the movements of the body in performing some activity (the ta-ta theory). 1972Hartmann & Stork Dict. Lang. & Linguistics 160/1 R. Paget (1869–1955) claimed that language comes from the combination of certain gestures and tongue movements (ta-ta theory). |