Talk:Sugar tit

=providing this is a factual article=

This entire article is two paragraphs and the second is a non sequitur, both of itself and the topic of the page. "In use the exposed outfolded fabric could give the appearance of a flower in the baby's mouth." - what does this have to do with it being called "sugar tit". And while it might appear to be a flower, there's no claim or link suggesting anyone ever called it a flower. "there, the term "flower" as used colloquially by mothers, refers to a bloom of mold in the child's mouth caused by decay of the contents" decay of what contents? The child's mouth?

The term "sugar tits" might sound similar but appears to be a completely different concept with no relation. In the case of the slang term, it is not the singular, and has nothing to do with a pacifier. In "sugar tits" it is more of a pejorative for a woman whose attractiveness is possibly being acknowledged, but she is overall being dismissed. While etymologically entirely different, "toots" is closer to "sugar tits" than "sugar tit" is to "sugar tits". In "sugar tit" the sugar is literal and the "tit" is euphemistic. In "sugar tits" the sugar is euphemistic and the "tits" are literal. J1DW (talk) 10:42, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

(untitled)
Since the term "sugar tits" has been in the news lately in association with a celebrity incident, I thought a page giving a historical background of the term might be useful.

Sugar tits were referenced and described occasionally when I was much younger in the rural southern United States. I seem to recall a discussion once that they were used to literally passify hungry babies when little or no food was immediately available.

Perhaps someone might find or know of references to this in post-Civil War literature, if any such references exist.

A reference here http://www.rootsweb.com/~txrober2/Stewart2.htm containing early 1900s recollections mentions an alternate recipe of butter and sugar rather than just sugar in the cloth making up the sugar tit.

Sugar Tit as a slang insult.
I recently read a time magazine article from 1942. In the article it quotes Henry Ford calling someone sugar tit. It seems that in that time period you could also use it as an insult.Jasonkaczmarek 16:34, 2 February 2007 (UTC)Jason S Kaczmarek


 * My paternal grandmother used to say "I'm fresh out of sugar tits" to indicate "grow up" or "stop whining". Edeans 19:49, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Sugar-Tits in Their Eyes...
Since you're looking for references to sugar-tits, there's mention of them in Their Eyes Were Watching God in chapter four when Janie first meets Joe Starks ("You married? You ain't hardly old enough to be weaned. I betcha you still crave sugar-tits, doncher?" (Hurston, 28--Harper Perennial Edition.)) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.8.16.20 (talk) 20:43, 4 February 2007 (UTC).

mel gibson
nothing about mel gibson? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.195.36.133 (talk) 22:18, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

reasons for redirect
I don't think it needs much explanation - this article was mostly a rewording of the paragraph in Pacifier that discussed sugar tits. Ciotog (talk) 13:59, 26 April 2008 (UTC)


 * You may be right, but this article still has relevant information that's not in that paragraph and should have been properly merged, along with the references and links. I will merge it myself after the tag's been up after a few days. -- &oelig; &trade; 14:27, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

small community
Also the name of a small community in Spartanburg County, between the towns of Greer and Woodruff, South Carolina along Highway SC 101 "Town with Hilarious Name in Sugar Tit, SC. at www.roadsideamerica.com" Also TV news coverage at http://www.wltx.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=92174