Lately, new words have appeared so often in our lives that sometimes their meaning can be difficult to understand. It can be especially difficult to understand the speech of young people. Young people and teenagers like to assign their own names to familiar things, technology, fashion brands... When it comes to “clave” instead of “keyboard” or “cigs” instead of “cigarettes,” you can still figure it out. Young people simply shorten traditional names. But why did “Tishka” appear instead of “T-shirt”? Let's try to figure it out.
Why was the T-shirt named Tishka?
The name of the T-shirt itself does not raise any questions. Everything is clear: this is a T-shirt that was used to play football. And although it later migrated from the stadium to everyday life, the name has already become firmly fused with the clothes.
But the name “tishka” seems to the older generation to have nothing to do with the T-shirt. However, this is not quite true. The fact is that the concept itself came to us not from the Russian language, but from English. In this case This refers to the name of the T-shirt, which in English is written T-SHIRT. This is what they call a short-sleeve T-shirt.
When pronounced, the letters sound similar tee, as they call a T-shirt in English, and “sh”. This is where we get a new name for a familiar wardrobe item. English words sound stylish to young people, therefore they are often used in advertising, store inscriptions, and various drawings.
IMPORTANT! Many words passed into the Russian language and became established in it, thanks to their similar pronunciation. This is one of the types of borrowing definitions and concepts.
Other versions
In addition to the main version, there are other explanations for the appearance of this word in the language.
Matching the outline of the clothing and the letter
If you look closely at the shape of the clothing, it will resemble the letter “T”. The sleeves and the main part make up the outline and make the outlines similar, so it was customary to call the item in English for short tee. After some time, a diminutive form of the word appeared. This is how Tishka’s new name was invented.
For good luck
Young people can tell about another version of the word that has entered their everyday life. They usually reserve it for those meticulous adults who are not completely satisfied with the explanation already offered. Especially if they even go so far as to correct teenagers, saying that the “Teshka” option would be closer to the English sound. But our teenagers prefer their name. After all, it is at the same time a tribute to the name Tikhon. And the meaning of this name is “lucky”!
REFERENCE! The name Tikhon was formed on the basis of the Greek name Tyche. This was the name of the goddess who controlled fate, luck or lot.
It turns out that the name, which at first seemed incomprehensible and inexplicable to us, is all quite logical and full of meaning.
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As a representative of young people, I declare that no one calls a T-shirt that way.
Many modern hip-hop songs use the word tishka. And, accordingly, it is used by the audience of these songs