Meanings
- childishrareShut up.
shutty uppy
2004 May 26, Dave013, “poker stars ??”, in rec.gambling.poker (Usenet), archived from the original on 02 Dec 20253 more examples
Baby June was still howling as she was carried up the steps. Through the clamour Leda’s Nannie voice came clearly to May in her hiding-place. . . . . “Icky baby shutty-uppy or Leda pinch her icky botty.” Baby June screamed suddenly. Leda laughed and smothered her with kisses.
1983, Molly Keane, “Bedtime”, in Time After Time, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, published 1984, →ISBN, page 41◅ Wakey Wakey the alarm clock. Shutty Uppy!
1999 December, Martin Kitts, “40 Winks”, in Tim Weaver, editor, N64 Magazine, Bath, Somerset: Future Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 70I emerge from the bedroom. “Ta-da.” / Mitch looks around from the bookshelves, grinning, then laughing. “What? No mud mask?” / I pistol my fingers at him. “Shutty uppy.”
2007, Rachel Hauck, chapter 31, in Sweet Caroline: A Novel, Nashville, Tenn.: Thomas Nelson, →ISBN, page 248
Origin
From shut up with -y added to both words, often in order to diminish its effect.
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