# tough titty said the kitty

> English word · Interjection

## Definitions
1. Synonym of tough titty (“hard luck; too bad”).

## Etymology
Chosen for the rhyme. The image is of a kitten suckling at the mother cat's teat, hence the references to milk in the extended variants. First use appears c. 1974. See citation below.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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