| backsies Jun 29th 2012, 10:44 | | | | Line 14: | Line 14: | | | #* '''2011''', Jenna Katerin Moran, ''Nobilis: The Essentials, Volume 1'', page 11: | | #* '''2011''', Jenna Katerin Moran, ''Nobilis: The Essentials, Volume 1'', page 11: | | | #*: Then you will be in trouble because it will kill you to have it taken out again but it will betray your deepest inner truth to tell them No '''Backsies'''. | | #*: Then you will be in trouble because it will kill you to have it taken out again but it will betray your deepest inner truth to tell them No '''Backsies'''. | | | + | | | | + | ====Translations==== | | | + | {{trans-top|(childish) A reciprocal action or consequence, such as immediately tagging the player who has tagged one in a game of tag}} | | | + | * Russian: {{t|ru|обратный|alt=обратное}} {{t|ru|пятнание}} | | | + | {{trans-mid}} | | | + | {{trans-bottom}} |
Latest revision as of 10:44, 29 June 2012 [edit] English [edit] Etymology back + -sies backsies (uncountable) - (childish) A reciprocal action or consequence, such as immediately tagging the player who has tagged one in a game of tag.
- 1987, Carolyn W. Field, Jaqueline Shachter Weiss, Values in selected children's books of fiction and fantasy
- Frances is the loser when she agrees to no "backsies" or refunds as she buys Thelma's plastic tea dishes with money saved for a china set.
- 2008 March 25, Harvey Araton, "For President, Knicks Could Look Nearby", New York Times:
- Not one to gloat, Thorn did sound amused Monday when asked if he had broken the news to the Mavericks' owner, Mark Cuban: no backsies.
- 2011, Jenna Katerin Moran, Nobilis: The Essentials, Volume 1, page 11:
- Then you will be in trouble because it will kill you to have it taken out again but it will betray your deepest inner truth to tell them No Backsies.
[edit] Translations (childish) A reciprocal action or consequence, such as immediately tagging the player who has tagged one in a game of tag  | |
