sitch
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English sich, siche, from Old English sīċ (“a watercourse; sike”), from Proto-Germanic *sīką (“slow flowing water; a trickle”).
Related terms
Etymology 2
Shortening of situation, with phonetic respelling.
Noun
sitch (plural sitches)
- (slang) Situation.
- 2005, Lois H. Gresh & Robert E. Weinberg, The science of supervillains, John Wiley and Sons, page 1:
- So here's the sitch: Bruce Banner and Betty Ross Talbot are falling from roughly eight miles high.
- 2007, George Bennett Fain, Pandora's Box, Lulu.com, page 159:
- Valeska had insisted 'she' stay, sleep where it was definitely safe. Just 'til the sitch could be settled.
- 2008, Editors of TEEN magazine, Teen Uncover the Real You: A Quiz Book, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc., page 2:
- Maybe one is more introspective and the other is more outgoing. Whatever the sitch, you two balance each other out.
- 2011 Allen Gregory, "Pilot" (season 1, episode 1):
- Allen Gregory DeLongpre: Great, I'll see you back in there. Also, I wouldn't lose my mind if you decided to chew a stick of gum. Thanks for understanding the sitch, Gina, you're a china doll.
- 2005, Lois H. Gresh & Robert E. Weinberg, The science of supervillains, John Wiley and Sons, page 1:
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