grow like Topsy

== English == === Etymology === After a character in Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), who, asked about God, says "I s'pect I growed. Don't think nobody never made me." The sense of excessive out-of-control growth is a misunderstanding. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɒpsi/ === Noun === Topsy Something or someone who figuratively grows without control or intention. 2009, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Children, Schools and Families Committee, National curriculum: Oral and written evidence (page 232) Why has National Strategies been allowed to grow like Topsy in some respects, and at the same time become even more complex, making it difficult for teachers to take in the amount of guidance that they receive? ==== See also ==== topsy-turvy === Anagrams === typos, pyots, tpyos, potsy, tyops