Round tuit
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A round tuit is an imaginary object whose name is derived by word play from the phrase "when I get around to it". The phrasal verb "to get around to" means to attend to a task after finishing one or more others, often with the implication that one has been avoiding the final task for some time because of laziness or disinclination.
Sometimes the letters "TUIT" or "ROUND TUIT" on a round button or piece of paper are used to show that the person actually has got a "round tuit". Giving one of these objects to a person implies that he or she is a procrastinator.
The origin of the "Round TUIT" is unknown. There were some appearances of the "TUIT" in the mid to late 20th century, cut from brass and engraved with the letters "TUIT".
In the Free Software circles, the term tuits is often used as a word for virtual tokens that stand for an amount of time/attention that a particular issue would need to resolve. Typical usages: "if I had more tuits" [1], bug severity: "tricky": Needs many tuits. [2]
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