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A calzone sliced in half on a plate — A calzone could also be called a *pizzussy*.^[1]

-ussy (/ˈʊsi/ UUS-ee) is an English-language morpheme derived from the word pussy used to create novel derived terms, typically with the implication of resembling the female genitalia in some way. Neologisms derived from pussy have existed in LGBT slang in the form bussy (boy pussy) since the early 2000s, but were popularized in the late 2010s and early 2020s on social media platforms including Tumblr and TikTok. -ussy was named the American Dialect Society's word of the year for 2022.

History

Portmanteaus derived from pussy, referred to by Michael Dow (a linguist at the Université de Montréal) as "pussy blends", were first noted within LGBT slang. These include the terms bussy (boy pussy), referring to a man's anus, and mussy (man pussy), with bussy first appearing on the Internet in 2004.^[2]^: 4^{[note 1]} In this context, Dow described -ussy as a fractomorpheme analogous to -gate (from Watergate).^[2]^: 13 An April 2017 Tumblr post popularized pussy blends, including the term thrussy (from throat), and it was further spread as part of the "one thicc bih" Internet meme about a month later.^[2]^: 4 A 2018 study of pussy blends on Twitter as part of the meme identified 1,338 pussy blends used in tweets from June to August 2017.^[2]^: 8 Other examples of pussy blends include Thatchussy (Margaret Thatcher + pussy),^[2] clussy (clown + pussy),^[4] grussy (Grinch + pussy),^[2]^: 6 nussy (nose + pussy),^[5] and birdussy (bird + pussy, referring to a bird's cloaca).^[6] A 2024 Dune: Part Two movie promotional popcorn bucket covered with a sandworm mouth was called a Duneussy by a magazine editor and gained Internet fame for resembling a Fleshlight.^[7]^[8]

Use of -ussy as a suffix (sometimes called -ussification) was popularized on TikTok beginning in late 2021.^[9] The suffix has been used in reference to a physical hole (e.g., a donut's donutussy)^[9]^: 1 as well as in a more figurative sense to emphasize an effort involving an object or concept (e.g., a barista putting their "whole baristaussy" into latte art).^{[note 2]}^[9]

The suffix was named the word of the year for 2022 by the American Dialect Society, with its president Ben Zimmer stating the selection "highlights how creativity in new word formation has been embraced online in venues like TikTok."^[10]

Notes

^ Bussy can also be used to refer to a transmasculine person's vagina.^[3]
^ See put one's whole pussy into on Wiktionary.

References

^ Squires, Bethy (January 26, 2022). "We Asked Linguists Why People Are Adding -Ussy to Every Word". Vulture.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Dow, Michael (2018). "A corpus study of phonological factors in novel English blends" (PDF). Proceedings of the 2018 Annual Conference of the Canadian Linguistic Association. Canadian Linguistic Association: 1–14.
^ Fielding, Lucie (2021). Trans Sex: Clinical Approaches to Trans Sexualities and Erotic Embodiments. New York: Routledge. p. 91. ISBN 9780429318290 – via Google Books.
^ Taylor, Magdalene (June 28, 2022). "Serve Me Up a Slice of That Clussy". MEL Magazine. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
^ Dickson, EJ (December 21, 2020). "Meet the People Getting Off on Covid-19 Nasal Swabs". Rolling Stone. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
^ Taylor, Magdalene (February 28, 2022). "We've Reached Peak '-Ussy'". MEL Magazine.
^ Kranc, Lauren (March 1, 2024). "Dune: Part Two: We Reviewed the Sandworm Popcorn Bucket. (For Science.)". Esquire.
^ Yang, Angela (January 28, 2024). "'Dune: Part 2' is going viral for its sandworm replica popcorn bucket that some joke is NSFW". NBC News. Archived from the original on January 28, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Bloch, Emily (January 11, 2023). "Language scholars decided '-ussy' was the word of 2022. Here's what that means". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on April 6, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
^ "2022 Word of the Year is '-ussy'". American Dialect Society. January 6, 2023.

[4] Bussy can also be used to refer to a transmasculine person's vagina.^[3]

[11] See put one's whole pussy into on Wiktionary.

[vulture-1] Squires, Bethy (January 26, 2022). "We Asked Linguists Why People Are Adding -Ussy to Every Word". Vulture.

[dow-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Dow, Michael (2018). "A corpus study of phonological factors in novel English blends" (PDF). Proceedings of the 2018 Annual Conference of the Canadian Linguistic Association. Canadian Linguistic Association: 1–14.

[3] Fielding, Lucie (2021). Trans Sex: Clinical Approaches to Trans Sexualities and Erotic Embodiments. New York: Routledge. p. 91. ISBN 9780429318290 – via Google Books.

[5] Taylor, Magdalene (June 28, 2022). "Serve Me Up a Slice of That Clussy". MEL Magazine. Retrieved April 24, 2024.

[6] Dickson, EJ (December 21, 2020). "Meet the People Getting Off on Covid-19 Nasal Swabs". Rolling Stone. Retrieved August 26, 2024.

[7] Taylor, Magdalene (February 28, 2022). "We've Reached Peak '-Ussy'". MEL Magazine.

[8] Kranc, Lauren (March 1, 2024). "Dune: Part Two: We Reviewed the Sandworm Popcorn Bucket. (For Science.)". Esquire.

[9] Yang, Angela (January 28, 2024). "'Dune: Part 2' is going viral for its sandworm replica popcorn bucket that some joke is NSFW". NBC News. Archived from the original on January 28, 2024 – via Internet Archive.

[inquirer-10] Bloch, Emily (January 11, 2023). "Language scholars decided '-ussy' was the word of 2022. Here's what that means". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on April 6, 2024 – via Internet Archive.

[12] "2022 Word of the Year is '-ussy'". American Dialect Society. January 6, 2023.

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-[[File:Calzone04.jpg|thumb|alt=A calzone sliced in half on a plate|A [[calzone]] could also be called a ''pizzussy''.<ref name="vulture">{{Cite web |last=Squires |first=Bethy |date=January 26, 2022 |title=We Asked Linguists Why People Are Adding -Ussy to Every Word |url=https://www.vulture.com/2022/01/bussy-trend-linguists-explain.html |website=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref>]]
-'''''-ussy''''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ʊ|s|i}} {{Respell|UUS|ee}}) is an English-language [[suffix]] derived from the word ''[[pussy]]'' used to create novel [[portmanteau]] terms, usually referring to hole-shaped objects. The suffix has existed within [[LGBT slang]] in the form ''bussy'' (''boy pussy'') since the early 2000s, but was popularized in the late 2010s and early 2020s on social media platforms including [[TikTok]]. It was named the [[American Dialect Society]]'s [[word of the year]] for 2022.
+[[File:Calzone04.jpg|thumb|alt=A calzone sliced in half on a plate|A [[calzone]] could also be called a ''pizzussy''.<ref name="vulture">{{Cite web |last=Squires |first=Bethy |date=January 26, 2022 |title=We Asked Linguists Why People Are Adding {{nowrap|-Ussy}} to Every Word |url=https://www.vulture.com/2022/01/bussy-trend-linguists-explain.html |website=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]}}</ref>]]
-==History==
+'''''{{nowrap|-ussy}}''''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ʊ|s|i}} {{Respell|UUS|ee}}) is an English-language [[morpheme]] derived from the word ''[[pussy]]'' used to create novel [[Morphological derivation|derived terms]], typically with the implication of resembling the [[female genitalia]] in some way. Neologisms derived from ''pussy'' have existed in [[LGBT slang]] in the form ''[[wiktionary:bussy|bussy]]'' (''boy pussy'') since the early 2000s, but were popularized in the late 2010s and early 2020s on social media platforms including [[Tumblr]] and [[TikTok]]. ''{{nowrap|-ussy}}'' was named the [[American Dialect Society]]'s [[word of the year]] for 2022.
-The suffix originated within LGBT slang in the forms ''[[wiktionary:bussy|bussy]]'' (''boy pussy'') and ''mussy'' (''man pussy''), referring to a man's [[anus]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Henderson |first=Taylor |date=2022-11-29 |title=Don't Lie to Your Mom About What 'Bussy' Means or This Might Happen |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/dont-lie-mom-bussy-means-145833408.html |website=[[Yahoo! Sports]]}}</ref> with these forms first appearing on the internet between 1999 and 2004.<ref name="dow">{{Cite journal |last=Dow |first=Michael |date=2018 |title=A corpus study of phonological factors in novel English blends |url=https://cla-acl.ca/pdfs/actes-2018/Dow-2018.pdf |journal=Proceedings of the 2018 Annual Conference of the Canadian Linguistic Association |publisher=[[Canadian Linguistic Association]] |pages=1–14}}</ref>{{rp|4}} An April 2017 [[Tumblr]] post popularized the suffix with the term ''[[wikt:thrussy|thrussy]]'' (from ''[[throat]]''), and it was further spread as part of the "one [[wikt:thicc|thicc]] [[wikt:bih#Noun|bih]]" [[Internet meme]] that began to spread about a month later.<ref name="dow" />{{rp|4}} A 2018 study of ''-ussy'' usage on [[Twitter]] as part of the meme identified 1,338 "pussy [[blend word|blends]]" used in [[Tweets (Twitter)|tweets]] from June to August 2017.<ref name="dow" />{{rp|8}}
+== History ==
-[[File:Donut (8650306801).jpg|thumb|left|alt=A donut in a box|The hole in the center of this [[Doughnut|donut]] could be called a ''{{Not a typo|donussy}}''.{{r|name=inquirer|p=1|q='[It] can be a physical structure analog — like a {{Not a typo|donutussy}}, [with] a hole, or it can be metaphorical,' [Kirby] Conrod explained.}}]]
+[[Portmanteau]]s derived from ''pussy'', referred to by Michael Dow (a linguist at the {{Lang|fr|[[Université de Montréal]]|italic=no}}) as "pussy blends", were first noted within LGBT slang. These include the terms ''[[wiktionary:bussy|bussy]]'' (''boy pussy''), referring to a man's [[anus]], and ''mussy'' (''man pussy''), with ''bussy'' first appearing on the Internet in 2004.<ref name="dow">{{Cite journal |last=Dow |first=Michael |date=2018 |title=A corpus study of phonological factors in novel English blends |url=https://cla-acl.ca/pdfs/actes-2018/Dow-2018.pdf |journal=Proceedings of the 2018 Annual Conference of the Canadian Linguistic Association |publisher=[[Canadian Linguistic Association]] |pages=1–14}}</ref>{{rp|p=4}}{{refn|group=note|''Bussy'' can also be used [[Terminology of transgender anatomy|to refer to a transmasculine person's vagina]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fielding |first1=Lucie |title=Trans Sex: Clinical Approaches to Trans Sexualities and Erotic Embodiments |date=2021 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |location=New York|isbn=9780429318290|page=91|via=[[Google Books]]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nsIrEAAAQBAJ}}</ref>}} In this context, Dow described ''{{nowrap|-ussy}}'' as a [[wikt:fractomorpheme|fractomorpheme]] analogous to ''[[wikt:-gate|-gate]]'' (from [[Watergate]]).<ref name="dow" />{{rp|p=13}} An April 2017 [[Tumblr]] post popularized pussy blends, including the term ''[[wikt:thrussy|thrussy]]'' (from ''throat''), and it was further spread as part of the "one [[wikt:thicc|thicc]] [[wikt:bih#Noun|bih]]" [[Internet meme]] about a month later.<ref name="dow" />{{rp|p=4}} A 2018 study of pussy blends on [[Twitter]] as part of the meme identified 1,338 pussy blends used in [[Tweets (Twitter)|tweets]] from June to August 2017.<ref name="dow" />{{rp|p=8}} Other examples of pussy blends include ''Thatchussy'' ([[Margaret Thatcher]] + pussy),<ref name="dow" /> ''[[wikt:clussy|clussy]]'' (clown + pussy),<ref>{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Magdalene |date=2022-06-28 |title=Serve Me Up a Slice of That Clussy |url=https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/geiru-toneido-clussy |access-date=2024-04-24 |magazine=[[MEL Magazine]]}}</ref> ''grussy'' ([[Grinch]] + pussy),<ref name="dow" />{{rp|p=6}} ''nussy'' (nose + pussy),<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Dickson |first=EJ |date=2020-12-21 |title=Meet the People Getting Off on Covid-19 Nasal Swabs |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/covid-test-nasal-swabs-nussy-1105797/ |access-date=2024-08-26 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref> and ''birdussy'' (bird + pussy, referring to a bird's [[cloaca]]).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Taylor |first1=Magdalene |title=We've Reached Peak '-Ussy' |url=https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/weve-reached-peak-ussy |magazine=[[MEL Magazine]]|date=February 28, 2022 }}</ref> A 2024 [[Dune: Part Two]] movie [[Dune:_Part_Two#Popcorn_bucket_meme|promotional popcorn bucket]] covered with a [[Sandworm (Dune)|sandworm]] mouth was called a ''{{not a typo|Duneussy}}'' by a magazine editor and gained Internet fame for resembling a [[Artificial vagina|Fleshlight]].<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]|date=March 1, 2024|last=Kranc|first=Lauren|title=Dune: Part Two: We Reviewed the Sandworm Popcorn Bucket. (For Science.)|url=https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a60045657/dune-part-two-popcorn-bucket-review/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Yang |first=Angela |date=January 28, 2024 |title='Dune: Part 2' is going viral for its sandworm replica popcorn bucket that some joke is NSFW |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/dune-part-2-going-viral-popcorn-bucket-joke-nsfw-rcna136079 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240128211844/https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/dune-part-2-going-viral-popcorn-bucket-joke-nsfw-rcna136079 |archive-date=January 28, 2024 |publisher=[[NBC News]]|via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>
+[[File:Donut (8650306801).jpg|thumb|alt=A donut in a box|The hole in the center of this [[Doughnut|donut]] could be called a ''{{Not a typo|donutussy}}''.{{r|name=inquirer|p=1|q='[It] can be a physical structure analog — like a {{Not a typo|donutussy}}, [with] a hole, or it can be metaphorical,' [Kirby] Conrod explained.}}]]
-Use of the suffix in forms other than ''bussy'' (also called ''-ussification'')<ref name="inquirer" /> was popularized by TikTok users beginning in late 2021.<ref name="inquirer">{{Cite news |last=Bloch |first=Emily |date=January 11, 2023 |title=Language scholars decided "-ussy" was the word of 2022. Here's what that means. |url=https://www.inquirer.com/news/ussy-american-dialect-society-word-suffix-of-year-20230111.html |url-access=limited |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240406120458/https://www.inquirer.com/news/ussy-american-dialect-society-word-suffix-of-year-20230111.html |archive-date=6 April 2024 |work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> This -ussification has been used to reference objects' cavities (e.g., a donut's ''{{Not a typo|donutussy}}''){{r|name=inquirer|p=1|q='[It] can be a physical structure analog — like a {{Not a typo|donutussy}}, [with] a hole, or it can be metaphorical,' [Kirby] Conrod explained.}} as well as in a more figurative sense to denote the original object or concept with emphasis (a [[barista]] putting their "whole ''{{Not a typo|baristaussy}}''" into [[latte art]]).<ref name="inquirer" /> Rapper [[Lil Nas X]] also helped to popularize the suffix, advocating for the inclusion of ''bussy'' in the dictionary for [[Pride Month]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rude |first=Mey |date=June 13, 2022 |title=Lil Nas X Wants "Bussy" Added to the Dictionary For Pride Month |url=https://www.out.com/celebs/2022/6/13/lil-nas-x-wants-bussy-added-dictionary-pride-month |magazine=[[Out (magazine)|Out]]}}</ref> The suffix was named the [[word of the year]] for 2022 by the American Dialect Society with [[Ben Zimmer]], the president of the society, stating that the selection "highlights how creativity in new word formation has been embraced online in venues like [[TikTok]]."<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 6, 2023 |title=2022 Word of the Year is "-ussy" |url=https://www.americandialect.org/2022-word-of-the-year-is-ussy |website=[[American Dialect Society]]}}</ref>
+Use of ''{{nowrap|-ussy}}'' as a suffix (sometimes called ''{{nowrap|-ussification}}'') was popularized on TikTok beginning in late 2021.<ref name="inquirer">{{Cite news |last=Bloch |first=Emily |date=January 11, 2023 |title=Language scholars decided '{{nowrap|-ussy}}' was the word of 2022. Here's what that means. |url=https://www.inquirer.com/news/ussy-american-dialect-society-word-suffix-of-year-20230111.html |url-access=limited |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240406120458/https://www.inquirer.com/news/ussy-american-dialect-society-word-suffix-of-year-20230111.html |archive-date=6 April 2024 |work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> The suffix has been used in reference to a physical hole (e.g., a donut's ''{{Not a typo|donutussy}}''){{r|name=inquirer|p=1|q='[It] can be a physical structure analog — like a {{Not a typo|donutussy}}, [with] a hole, or it can be metaphorical,' [Kirby] Conrod explained.}} as well as in a more figurative sense to emphasize an effort involving an object or concept (e.g., a [[barista]] putting their "whole ''{{Not a typo|baristaussy}}''" into [[latte art]]).<ref group="note">See ''[[wikt:put one's whole pussy into|put one's whole pussy into]]'' on [[Wiktionary]].</ref><ref name="inquirer" />
+The suffix was named the [[word of the year]] for 2022 by the [[American Dialect Society]], with its president [[Ben Zimmer]] stating the selection "highlights how creativity in new word formation has been embraced online in venues like [[TikTok]]."<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 6, 2023 |title=2022 Word of the Year is '{{nowrap|-ussy}}' |url=https://www.americandialect.org/2022-word-of-the-year-is-ussy |website=[[American Dialect Society]]}}</ref>
-Michael Dow, a linguist at the {{Lang|fr|[[Université de Montréal]]|italic=no}}, wrote an article analyzing different uses of the suffix, such as the merging of "[[Margaret Thatcher]]" with "-ussy" to create the portmanteau ''Thatchussy''.<ref name="dow" /> Other examples include ''[[wikt:clussy|clussy]]'' (clown and pussy)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Magdalene |date=2022-06-28 |title=Serve Me Up a Slice of That Clussy |url=https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/geiru-toneido-clussy |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=MEL Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> and ''grussy'' ([[Grinch]] and pussy).<ref name="dow" />{{rp|6}}
+== See also ==
-{{Clear}}
+*[[Terminology of transgender anatomy]]
+*[[Dick joke]]
-==References==
+== Notes ==
+{{reflist|group=note}}
+{{wikt}}
+== References ==
 {{reflist}}
 {{Generation Z slang}}
 [[Category:English suffixes]]
-[[Category:LGBT slang]]
+[[Category:LGBTQ slang]]
 [[Category:2000s neologisms]]
 [[Category:Vulva]]
+[[Category:Internet memes introduced in the 2010s]]
+[[Category:Off-color humor]]