On Mon, 18 Oct 2010 17:58:38 -0500, Lloyd E. Sponenburgh wrote:

Not a jot or tiddle of this post showed up on my news reader, and it's
usually reliable in that respect.

Of course I'm familiar with the expression "jot or tittle", but having
never encountered "tiddle" before except in the Monty Python song
where it's meaning doesn't matter, had to look it up. From the 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, tiddle is a verb that means
"To use with tenderness; to fondle" -- which most news readers
aren't noted for.

http://onlinedictionary.datasegment.com/word/tittle
http://www.cardinalfang.net/songs/bing_tiddle.html
http://onlinedictionary.datasegment.com/word/tiddle

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jiw