08-12-2005, 08:44 PM
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Polly thinks you are tiggeriffic!!!
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia
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Smush
This word could DEFINATELY apply to my ex...I will let you use your imagination on how.
Smush (Verb)
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Pronunciation: ['smęsh]
Definition 1: To smash and crush into mush. (A blend–see Etymology–always rhymes with its definition.)
Usage 1: In the U.S. mostly children and young people (who eventually grow up) use this word. Nouns and adjectives are regularly derived: smushing, a (good) smush, smushing(ly). It is all too often (mis)used to mean simply "crash" or "crush." It is a much stronger verb than either, since it is a blend (see Etymology) of both.
Suggested usage: "Izzy crushed the Coke can with one finger" but "Hondo smushed the apple when he stepped on it." "Frederick smashed the window with his football" but "He smushed the window pane into powder when he drove his car over it."
Etymology: Today's word was recorded first in 1824 although it was repopularized in the U.S. in the early 70's. It is a blend of two words, "smash" and "crush" and/or "mush." Blends are as respectable as "smog (smoke+fog)," "motel (motor+hotel)." (Today's word was suggested by Shaheen Haunschild and Todd Sullivan of Indiana State University, whose 8-year-old daughter uses the verb correctly.)
—Dr. Language, yourDictionary.com
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definitely lots of possibilities with this word...good one lulu!!
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