adjective
General Slang
tizzicky
· adjective · brummie
That dry, hacking little cough that won't quit.
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Describes a thin, irritating, tickly cough — the kind that nags at your throat all day and drives everyone in the room mad. Not a chesty cough; a wheezy little hacker.
“I've had this tizzicky cough since Bonfire Night, can't shift it.”
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tizzicky In A Sentence
I've had this tizzicky cough since Bonfire Night, can't shift it.
Origin & Usage
From 'phthisic' (an old word for tuberculosis or a wasting lung disease), softened over generations into a folk word for any persistent dry cough.
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