ICTYBTIHTKY

ICTYBTIHTKY

humorous An initialism for "I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you," meaning, if I told you this extremely confidential or sensitive piece of information, I'd have to kill you to ensure that you don't share it with anyone else. All she wrote back was ICTYBTIHTKY, so I guess I'll never know the big secret. Sure, I know who really stole the test answers. ICTYBTIHTKY. I did ask her how she convinced the boss to approve a budget increase for the project! And her response was "ICTYBTIHTKY." Yikes, what do you think she meant by that?

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I could tell you but then I’d have to kill you

and ICTYBTIHTKY

sent. & comp. abb. a phrase said in answer to a question that one does not want to answer. Don’t ask. ICTYBTIHTKY.

See also: but, could, have, kill, tell, to

ICTYBTIHTKY

verb

See I could tell you but then I’d have to kill you

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