Is Tooshie a word?

Is Tooshie a word?

tooshie – the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; “he deserves a good kick in the butt”; “are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?”

What does Touche mean in slang?

Touché is defined as a word used to acknowledge a clever point made at someone else’s expense. An example of touché is what you say when you are having a conversation with someone and they make a point at your expense, showing why they are right and you are wrong.

Where did the word Tushie come from?

tush (n.) “backside, buttocks,” 1962, an abbreviation of tochus (1914), from Yiddish tokhes, from Hebrew tahat “beneath.”

What is a touchie?

—used to acknowledge a hit in fencing or the success or appropriateness of an argument, an accusation, or a witty point.

Is Tooshie a Yiddish?

Tushie and tush come from the Yiddish word tuchus. Also spelled tochis and tochas, it is regarded by some folks, such as the New York Times, as “insufficiently elegant.” This is part of a complete episode.

What is a tushman?

But in the OP’s example the term is used as a play on words — if your car is rear-ended you have been “rapped” on the “bum” (where “bum” in this sense means “buttocks”). (And, of course, “Tushman” is a play on words too, as “tush” is, I think Yiddish, for “buttocks”.)

Is tushy a good word?

@Grazi77 it’s a silly / informal word.