little Timmy

plural little Timmies · plural little Timmys

1. informalPlaceholder name for a young child in an example scenario.

   The card's also handy for tuckered parents who don’t have the energy to upload images of little Timmy to a web page for grandma to see.

   1998 September 1, Maximum PC The Nearly Complete Collection

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   Suburbanites were uniformly young in the late fifties. Everybody was married; everybody had children. Like birds of a feather, we were eager to join up with the flock. Magazines and television had been promoting the image for almost ten years: Saturday-night backyard barbecues with friends; neighbors sharing freshly baked coffee cakes; a wide sidewalk for little Timmy to ride his tricycle. The perfect life, and most of us wanted it.

   1978, Paula McDonald, Guilt-free, →OCLC

   If you want little Timmy to be considered attractive and intelligent by your friends (and who doesn't?), he must learn to greet people pleasantly.

   1984, Emily Post, Emily Post's Etiquette, →OCLC

   It didn't take me much time to discover that the remnants of what I'm sure was once a thriving and helpful staff - the kind of staff that was never too busy to get a cat out of a tree or walk little Timmy to school but now consists of about 20 people due to the financial genius of Michael Dukakis.

   1991 September 9, The Massachusetts Daily Collegian, →OCLC

   I can’t stand it when middle class suburbanites buy Hummers. They are not going to enter a Twisted Metal competition in which they will duel to the death in their vehicle, nor will they explore the trackless reaches of the Arctic. You are going to drive to the mall and bring little Timmy to soccer practice.

   2005 November 11, The Omen Archives

   Parents — when trying to get little Timmy to let go of his friend's truck or come when you call, please don't count to three before expecting him to act. Or five. Or ten. All it does is give your child license to do whatever they want for two more seconds. Or four. Or nine. There is value to immediate obedience.

   2012, Diana and Holly Parks, I Didn't See Me Do It: A Double Take on the First Twenty Years