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• s  (used informally) very small

• All year the White House has delighted in trotting out what one Democrat describes as "itsy-bitsy proposals for itsy-bitsy babies," including safety standards for car seats, a plan .
• This summer Burberry is offering its first really itsy-bitsy bikini.
• On Milan's catwalks last week designers kept things supershort with a leggy mix of micro-minis, teeny minis and itsy-bitsy minis.

• bitty
• bittie
• teensy
• teentsy
• teeny
• wee
• weeny
• weensy
• teensy-weensy
• teeny-weeny
• itty-bitty

News & Articles

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• Davidson: Chefs sizzle at Hot Rocks Griller Challenge benefiting Denver Health
  Anyone who thinks that sliders are no big deal — nothing more than itsy-bitsy hunks of ground beef on a bun — should have been at the 2013 Hot Rocks Griller Challenge.
  June 20, 2013 - Denver Post
• 3D-printing giant bugs out of titanium... for science!
  These bugs are larger than life. (Credit: CSIRO) Australia is known for its overly large bugs, like the up-to-20-inch Titan stick insect. But the country also has tiny insects, like the itsy-bitsy wheat wheevil. Researchers with Australia's national science agency, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), are trying out a method of super-sizing insects through 3D ...
  June 19, 2013 - CNET

Quotes

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• Steve Ballmer in eWEEK Europe UK
  Man, oh man, have we taken a lot of abuse, and we're still just an itsy-bitsy part of the market, but we have a little bit of mojo,Ballmer said while pacing the stage in front of a giant projection of Bing's main page.
• Bill Ayers in WorldNetDaily
  Ayers wrote this in his memoir:"Although the bomb that rocked the Pentagon was itsy-bitsy - weighing close to two pounds - it caused 'tens of thousands of dollars' of damage. The operation cost under $500, and no one was killed or even hurt."