round tuit

Definition

A circular object supposedly giving its owner the ability to get done everything that would have otherwise been put off to a later date "when they got around to it".

Etymology

A play on words, re-interpreting the idiom “when I get around to it” as “when I get a round tuit”.

Example Sentences

• "Hawkins-Corlew ’round tuit [repeated caption on a circle] […] How many things have you missed, cause you never got round tuit? Well … we’re getting round tuit now. A sale on EVERYTHING that bears the CHEVY name, that we have in stock …"
• "Almost everyone seems to be collecting something or other these days, and I am collecting round tuits. As of now I have a metal round tuit, a sticker round tuit and three round tuits clipped from publications – one being this column in The Republic, so perhaps that one really doesn't count. […] Who needs a round tuit? – why, just about everyone. How many times have you and I told ourselves or someone else that we would follow through on something just as soon as we got a round tuit. Now there was one for everyone – so no more excuses."
• "Your magazine meant to report on the club's resolve long ago, but in the press of time and space—you guessed it—we never got "A Round Tuit.""