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and to complete the triad [...]
Or is it a quad set, completed with tish-tosh? [ga-goo @ 542]
http://www.trussel.com/flipflop.htm
(This site has a few other points of interest too)
This is sometimes identified as a UKnism:
…Emma Thompson as Amelia, the half-feline captain of the ship, whose Britishisms like "Oh, tish-tosh!" adds some dry wit to the stellar swashbuckling.
http://atlanta.creativeloafing.com/2002-12-04/flicks_product.html
Elsewhere it’s suggested as of Scottish origin…
TISH-TOSH (Scots equivalent of "stuff and nonsense")
http:// www.hradec.org/projd.html
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