different between brett vs todd

English

Etymology 1

Short for Brettanomyces.

Noun

brett (uncountable)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Brett (“Brettanomyces”)
   • 2014, Dan Rabin, Colorado Breweries (Stackpole Books, ?ISBN), page 226:

     The brewery produces a series of wild brett beers called Cases of the Mondays, a name inspired by the movie Office Space.

   • 2016, Christian DeBenedetti, The Great American Ale Trail (Revised Edition) (Running Press, ?ISBN):

     “Wild Wild Brett,” an early experiment of all-brett beers based on the color spectrum is now a part of the Crooked Stave lore, too.

2. (informal) A fault in wine caused by Brettanomyces yeast.

Etymology 2

Noun

brett (plural bretts)

1. (archaic) A britchka; a kind of horse-drawn carriage.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German bret; compare with German Brett and Danish bræt

Noun

brett n (definite singular brettet, indefinite plural brett or bretter, definite plural bretta or brettene)

1. a board
2. a tray

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

brett

1. imperative of brette

References

• “brett” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German bret; compare with German Brett and Danish bræt

Noun

brett n (definite singular brettet, indefinite plural brett, definite plural bretta)

1. a board
2. a tray

Derived terms

References

• “brett” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Adjective

brett

1. absolute indefinite neuter form of bred.

Verb

brett

1. supine of breda.

English

Etymology

The use of todd derives from the name Todd as a reference to Middle English [Term?] (“fox”). The common term for a male fox, dog, could be confused for the gender-neutral term for a domesticated canine.

Noun

todd (plural todds)

1. (furry jargon) A male fox.
   • 2001, "Tara", FUR: Bound Ponytodd on Riding Hitch (on Internet newsgroup fur.artwork.erotica)

     There's a lot of other bound todds here:

   • 2001, "Erik Mouse", Kane Fox Origin (on Internet newsgroup alt.lifestyle.furry)

     I was told that I may have created or made a spiritual friend when I was a little boy in my grandma's house. Since that^[sic] many todds have lived in and passed through my grandma's house, the house has the essence of the todds which gave the spiritual friend the form of a fox.

Related terms

• tod

References

• Todd on WikiFur