Common southern
British English contracted form of "
thank you". Homophone with "tar" in the same
accent. Frequently found in the emphatic collocation "
ta much".
Abbreviation for the
Territorial Army, the UK's volunteer part-time army reserve force.
Abbreviation for the UK's
Tricycle Association, a worthy if
demographically threatened body of people who even cyclists think are weird, dedicated to the "three wheels good, two wheels baaaad" principle. They organise sporadic trike
time trials and a few other races around
Great Britain, and consume prodigious quantities of beer. Beards are almost obligatory for male members.