Seesaw a "teeter-totter". According to linguist Peter Trudgill, the term originates from the Nordic language word "tittermatorter". A "teeter-totter" may also refer to a two-person swing on a swing seat, on which two children sit facing each other and the teeter-totter swings back and forth in a pendulum motion. Both "teeter-totter" (from "teeter", as in "to teeter on the edge") and "seesaw" (from the verb "saw") demonstrate the linguistic process called reduplication, where a word or syllable is doubled, often with a different vowel. Reduplication is typical of words that indicate repeated activity, such as riding up and down on a
Holly Lou Teeter a federal judgeship. On January 8, 2018, her renomination was sent to the Senate. On January 18, 2018, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 21–0 vote. On August 1, 2018, her nomination was confirmed by voice vote. She received her judicial commission on August 3, 2018. Holly Lou Teeter Holly Lou Teeter (born 1979) is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Kansas. Teeter received her Bachelor of Science with highest distinction from the University of Kansas School of Engineering in 2002, and her Juris Doctor from the University