sitonatack

1. (idiomatic, colloquial, dated)An expression ofcontempt ordismissiveness directed at someone, particularly in the case of disagreement.

   I don't care what he thinks! He can justsit on a tack!

   "Gosit on a tack!" she said, angrily.

   • 1920,E. J. Rath, “The Brains of the Family”, inMunsey's Magazine‎^[1], volume71, number 2, page281:

     "From now on, so far as I'm concerned, you cansit on a tack!"

   • 1925, George William Cooke, “Joy In My Heart”:

     And if the Devil doesn't like it, he can sit on a tack!

   • 1936,Jack O'Connor, “Easy Mark”, inFiction Parade and Golden Book Magazine, volume III, number 4, page459:

     "You can sit on a tack!" He wanted to say it bad.

   • 2020, Rita Mae Brown, Sneaky Pie Brown,Furmidable Foes: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery‎^[2], Bantam Books, page216:

     "You can sit on a tack," Harry fired back, then laughed, and Susan laughed with her.

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seesit,‎on,‎a,‎tack.

As a mild expression of contempt, on par withgo jump in a lake orget lost, and milder thango to hell.

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