Current Culture and Slang
The "witch's teat" has been adapted to mean something of a cold or foreboding nature. A common function of the word as slang is used as a representation of cold temperatures. An example of this is: "It's colder than a witch's teat out here!" or "Teats, it's cold!"
An example of this expression can be found in Will McCarthy's science fiction novel, Bloom. In order to combat a self-replicating nanomachine threat, the characters use hand-slung cryogenic canisters known colloquially as "Witchtits".
Read more about this topic: Witches' Mark
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