Sushi
English
Noun
Sushi (plural Sushis)
- (informal) A person who typifies a mixture of Shiism and Sunnism
- 2007, Francis X. Callahan, Does W Stand for Worst?: The Record of G.W. Bush - Page 160
- Then there are the "Sushi" neighborhoods and towns - a mixture of some Sunni, some Shia, hence Sushi
- 2007, John Palattella, Reporting Iraq - Page 173
- ... particularly from the Sunnis you talked to, and the Shias were always angry. (Ali calls himself Sushi so it's kind of a mixture.)
- 2010, Paul Wilson, Erasing Iraq: the human costs of carnage - Page 34
- Reality proved quite different. Ahmed is half Sunni, half Shia—a “Sushi,” in his own words
- 2007, Francis X. Callahan, Does W Stand for Worst?: The Record of G.W. Bush - Page 160
Anagrams
German
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Alternative forms
- Suschi (rare)
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Japanese すし (sushi).
Pronunciation
Noun
Sushi n (genitive Sushi or Sushis, plural Sushi or Sushis)
- sushi (Japanese dish)
Declension
Further reading
- “Sushi” in Duden online