Re: "Tuits"
Larry Wall (larry@wall.org)
Sun, 28 Jun 1998 16:21:34 -0700
Gisle Aas writes:
: In the LWPng article for the Perl conference I used the word "tuits"
: in one place. I found it suitable based on the usage I have seen on
: the perl5-porters list, but I can't really say I understand the word.
: Several of the reviewers also failed to understand it. Could some
: kind soul please tell me something more about where this terminology
: comes from and what it really means?
Sure. Comes from the idiom "I'll do that when I get around to it."
The joke about having "a round tuit" first appeared maybe 20 or 30
years ago, (you used to be able to buy a gag present consisting of a
round piece of wood with "tuit" printed on it), but only recently has
"tuit" become entrenched as an independent, useful concept.
There is no relation to the word "tuition", though we sometimes make
puns on "round tuition", since tuition is what enables you to study
something. A happy coincidence.
Larry