Etymology

round tuit

round tu·it

Today it means: A circular object supposedly giving its owner the ability to get done everything that would have otherwise been put off to a later date "when they got around to it". Full definition →

First used late 20th c.
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The story

A play on words, re-interpreting the idiom “when I get around to it” as “when I get a round tuit”.

First known use, by meaning

  • from late 20th c. A circular object supposedly giving its owner the ability to get done everything that would have otherwise been put off to a later date "when they got around to it".

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.