takesy backsies
See also: takesy-backsies
English
Etymology
From take back with -sy and -sies.
Noun
takesy backsies sg or pl
- Alternative form of takesies-backsies.
- 2005 October 11, Just Mark - John Wolf's biggest fan, “Does Satan still have access heaven?[sic]”, in alt.religion.christian.baptist[1] (Usenet), archived from the original on 2 December 2025:
- Hey! I said "no rationalizations". Called it! No takesy backsies...
- 2012, Greg Pak, Doctor Strange: Season One[2], New York, N.Y.: Marvel Worldwide, →ISBN:
- LISTEN. THIS IS CRAZY. BUT I… …I WANT TO ACCEPT YOUR OFFER. LET ME STUDY AT YOUR SIDE. PROVE MYSELF…WORTHY. SO I CAN HELP YOU FIGHT. / NO TAKESY BACKSIES.
- 2014 April 29, trotsky, “40,000 Trotskys, carrying weapons, meet in Toronto”, in rec.arts.tv[3] (Usenet), archived from the original on 2 December 2025:
- Yes, that's very mature. You said something irrelevant, but I was "wrong". What's next--no takesy backsies?
- 2017 November 17, Annsley Merelle Ward, “Birss J in Accord v Research Corporation Technologies attempts to cut the red tape on the right to claim priority”, in IPKat[4], archived from the original on 31 December 2017:
- The position following Edwards v Cook [2009] FSR 27 is this: When an applicant claims priority from a patent filed by a third party they must, at the time of their patent filing, own the substantive right to make that priority claim. The red tape comes in partly because nobody except patent lawyers cares about this right, but significantly also because there’s no takesy backsies: you can’t make good on it afterwards by subsequently acquiring the rights. Either you have the substantive right at the relevant date, or you’ve lost the priority claim.
- 2025, Melissa Schroeder, “Epilogue”, in Only You (The Fitzpatricks; 2), Harmless Publishing, →ISBN:
- “I’m sorry I made you cry. Pretend I didn’t propose to you.” / He tried to snap the ring box close, but she grabbed it. / “There is no takesy backsies.”