American Dialect Society names '-ussy' its 2022 Word Of The Year, and there's nothing we can do about it
quoted in the official ADS press release today—although before we do so, we feel like we should warn you that you’re only seconds away from reading the word “pizzussy,” and thus having your life irrevocably changed. Here’s the explanatory quote, from a Bethy Squires piece that asked linguists about the trend: “Riffing off ‘bussy’ , now everything is a cat or a cavity. A calzone is a pizzussy. A wine bottle has a winussy.
In this paper, I present another such class of words from a recent language game, pussy blends Thatcher + pussy > thatchussy)
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