What does "ditto" stand for?

[fatbaby]

I keep seeing it in many threads and I don't believe its the pokemon.

Enlighten a n00b.

 

[Spooner]

"ditto" is agreeing with something

 

[Evadman]

it means "smae thing"

 

[Deeko]

like...agree or the same..

"I like the cowboys."
"Ditto" = "I also like the cowboys"

 

[spanky]

something like "i second that"

 

[notfred]

Wierd copy machines with purplish ink from 80's elementary schools.

 

[DanTMWTMP]

yups..like "i agree"...or "same back @ you"....

first saw it on the movie "ghost" when demi moore says ditto back to patrick swayze......and me and my xgf used it a lot..aha...

 

[Anubis]

dit·to   
n.
pl. dit·tos
The same as stated above or before.
A duplicate; a copy.
A pair of small marks (  ) used to indicated that the word, phrase, or figure given above is to be repeated.

adv. As before.

tr.v. dit·toed, dit·to·ing, dit·tos To duplicate (a document, for example).

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: notfred
Wierd copy machines with purplish ink from 80's elementary schools.

WOW, that brings back old memories!

<--Shows his age

 

[feralkid]

Did I turnoff the oven?



It means a thing previously mentioned, in order to avoid repeating.

So, if someone uses it in a thread, it means they agree with the previous post.

 

[SoylentGreen]

www.dictionary.com

 

[richardycc]

yeah its a copy machine, most of my jr high school exams were from ditto. I think this phrase "ditto" was use in the movie Ghost.

rich

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: Kiyup
www.dictionary.com

Linky for the lazy: http://dictionary.reference.com/

 

[sciencetoy]

from dictionary.com:

Word History: Ditto, which at first glance seems a handy and insignificant sort of word, actually has a Roman past, for it comes from dictus, ?having been said,? the past participle of the verb dcere, ?to say.? In Italian dcere became dire and dictus became detto, or in the Tuscan dialect ditto. Italian detto or ditto meant what said does in English, as in the locution ?the said story.? Thus the word could be used in certain constructions to mean ?the same as what has been said? for example, having given the date December 22, one could use 26 detto or ditto for 26 December. The first recorded use of ditto in English occurs in such a construction in 1625. The sense ?copy? is an English development, first recorded in 1818. Ditto has even become a trademark for a duplicating machine.

Cool.

 

[prodigy]

Originally posted by: Spooner
"ditto" is agreeing with something

ditto

 

[LSUfan]

Originally posted by: notfred
Wierd copy machines with purplish ink from 80's elementary schools.

I remember they would come out warm and had a sweet smell to them

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: LSUfan

Originally posted by: notfred
Wierd copy machines with purplish ink from 80's elementary schools.

I remember they would come out warm and had a sweet smell to them

Yep, that sweet smell made me sniff my test in grammer school

 

[Aves]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: LSUfan

Originally posted by: notfred
Wierd copy machines with purplish ink from 80's elementary schools.

I remember they would come out warm and had a sweet smell to them

Yep, that sweet smell made me sniff my test in grammer school

 

[Sid59]

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