2004 May 28, Thomas Sutcliffe, “Why Britart is a burning issue”, inThe Independent[1]:
And it agreed with the editorial cartoon which featured a newsman doing a live report in front of a smouldering building and saying, "And it seems millions of pounds of meaninglesstat has been lost to the nation for ever."
1879, Val Cameron Prinsep,Glimpses of Imperial India, page206:
And so each morning before daybreak I am up, and having dispatched my luggage on the backs of coolies after much noise and bustle, without which no natives can work, I mount mytat as the sun begins to touch the higher hills, and start on my morning ride of twelve miles.
1998 November 17, “Americana” (track 22), inSupercharged: Worldwide in '25[2], performed byThe Offspring:
Now give me my cable, fast food, four-by's,tats, right away I want it now.
1999 September 14, “I Can't Wait” (track 2), inNigga Please[3], performed byOl' Dirty Bastard:
I'm diplomatic playing pen and pad. Rat-a-tat, you're a scaredy-catcause I have atat put you up like that. You can't stand that cause you've got to scat.
1999 December 21, “Killuminati” (track 11), inStill I Rise[4], performed byTupac andOutlawz:
Me and my thugs clock G's, sippin' naughty thangs. Real as thesetats on my body, and it's Killuminati.
Some small thing, especially that which is exchangedtit for tat.
1920,The Creighton Chronicle, page294:
The article seems an attempt at tit-for-tat; but there is too littletat, even in Bedouins, to provoke such a maze of tit as is found in “'Bedouins' and Nomads.”
1999 May 18, D. Reisman,Conserative Capitalism: The Social Economy, Springer,→ISBN, page122:
[...] insecurity, anger engender the excessive retaliation of two tits for atat that leads not to damping-down but to [escalation].
2002 May 1, G.H. Spaulding,C-C-Cold War Syndrome Or, Remember, It's Break Ground and Fly into the Wind, AuthorHouse,→ISBN:
At the U.S. planning sessions, it was not uncommon to hear someone say, "Just remember, when you're negotiating tit-for-tat, it's better to concede the occasional smalltat to your opponent and keep the big tits for yourself."
200608, Michael Riggs,Edicts of Ares: 13 Absolute Rules of Warfare, Xlibris Corporation,→ISBN, page112:
Not tit-for-tat, but more like ten tits for everytat.
2011 March 20, Thunderhead,The Sacred Clown, Thunderhead,→ISBN, page475:
“Yeah...and a tiny littletat of a bottle of Grinness on his ankle...” As they rode, a warm-front chased the clouds away and the direct sun and warming air began to melt the snow.
2012 April 17, Gerald L'Ange,The White Africans: From Colonisation To Liberation, Jonathan Ball Publishers,→ISBN:
If that was a lot of tit for a littletat it didn't bother the French. In the absence of any firm policy in Paris, the military commanders in Algeria began promoting French settlement.
(Can wedate this quote?), Pamela Morsi,Suburban Renewal, Oliver-Heber books:
"Why don't you two sit out on the porch while I clean up this littletat of dishes," Gram said. Corrie argued for a minute, but Gram shooed her away and reluctantly we found ourselves alone on the porch swing.
2021 June 29, Alexandra Ivy,Guardians of Eternity Bundle 2, Zebra,→ISBN:
A little tit for a littletat. He just wanted to get his damned tit so he could be done with the nastytat. There was an odd shimmer among the shadows, then the outline of Briggs appeared, his crimson eyes glowing like the pits of hell.
tat in Géza Bárczi,László Országh,et al., editors,A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN.
Christenson, Allen J. (2003),Kʼicheʼ-English dictionary and Guide to the pronunciation of the Kʼicheʼ-Maya alphabet[5], Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies,→OCLC, page119
The Academy of Mayan Languages with speaker Lucas Chilisná Botón (2014), “Entry #132”, inKʼulbʼil Yol Twitz Paxil [Kʼicheʼ Talking Dictionary][6], Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages
Chyet, Michael L. (2003), “tat”, inKurdish–English Dictionary[7], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press,page597
Eren, Hasan (1999), “tat”, inTürk Dilinin Etimolojik Sözlüğü [Etymological Dictionary of the Turkish Language][8] (in Turkish), Ankara: Bizim Büro Basım Evi
tat (definite accusative[please provide],pluraltatlar)
(derogatory) Turkmens from tribes or regions culturally influenced by Uzbeks or Persians, or Turkmens speaking a dialect with foreign features and no vowel length distinction.
, Oxford:Oxford University Press, March 2013.