English

Alternative forms

• tits-up
• titsup

Adjective

tits up ‎(not comparable)

1. (slang, usually of a woman, usually naked) lying down, face up.
2. (idiomatic, slang, vulgar) completely failed so as to become inactive.
   • 1987, Nora Roberts, Daring to dream, page 157:

     The vast majority go tits up in the first year. Basic economics, even if the people have some training and education in retail.

   • 2007, Gemma Townley, The Hopeless Romantic's Handbook‎, page 102:

     But believe me, sunshine, if this show goes tits up, none of us are going to come out smelling of roses."