preesh
v.— «A special “preesh!” to James for the punch in the face. Don’t worry, Slim, there’s only a small mark.» —“ Karaoke is Killing Me” by nerver Suck It Trebek (Dallas, Texas) Sept. 21, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Grace in Abilene, Texas, says her grandmother, who was of German descent, would tell children to stop sulking or pouting with a word that sounded to Grace like “mooksie.” Her grandmother was probably using a form of the German dialectal terms...
The words tough, through, and dough all end in O-U-G-H. So why don’t they rhyme? A lively new book addresses the many quirks of English by explaining the history of words and phrases. And: have you ever been in a situation where a group makes...