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Tik vs Tib - What's the difference?

tik | tib |

As a noun tik

is a bitch, a female dog.

As an abbreviation tib is

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tik

English

Noun

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  • (South Africa, slang) crystal meth or speed.
  • * "This Tuesday Special Assignment focuses on a deepening crisis in Cape Town. Many young adults and schoolchildren as young as 10 years are in the grip of a powerful drug called crystal methamphetamine – known locally as tik . It’s been on the fringes for several years but it is now catching on fast among the youth of the Western Cape. [http://www.sabcnews.com/specialassignment/tiktik.html] - 27k
  • * "Over a third of all people seeking rehabilitation in the second half of 2005 reported that their primary problem was tik ". Weekend Argus 13/14 May 2006 p.12.

    • Anagrams

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    tib

    English

    Etymology 1

    Abbreviation of tibia .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (medical informal'') Short form of ''tibia .

    • See also

    * fib

    Etymology 2

    Origin unknown; perhaps from a pet form of Isabel .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) a working-class woman; a prostitute
  • :* 1964': But this woman was, he thought, no '''tib , no purveyor of holy mutton. — Anthony Burgess, ''Nothing Like The Sun
  • (obsolete) a young girl, a sweetheart

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