gussy

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English

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Etymology 1

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1952, apparently from Gussy (adjective), schoolyard slang for “overly dressed” (1940); perhaps related to gussie (“effeminate man”) (1901) and somehow connected to Gussie, the nickname for Augusta and Augustus.[1][2][3][4]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡʌsi/
  • Rhymes: -ʌsi
  • Hyphenation: gus‧sy

Verb

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gussy (third-person singular simple present gussies, present participle gussying, simple past and past participle gussied)

  1. (chiefly US) To dress up or decorate in a showy way.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Blend of girl +‎ pussy, by analogy with bussy.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡʊsi/
  • Rhymes: -ʊsi
  • Hyphenation: gus‧sy

Noun

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gussy (plural gussies)

  1. (Internet slang, vulgar, humorous) The vagina of a woman.
    • 2021 September 7, @SandyFrizzle, Twitter‎[1], archived from the original on 20 August 2024:
      Hope y'all want it when I'm old cause I'll still be needing my gussy ate
    • 2022 April 18, @celestialdevils, Twitter‎[2], archived from the original on 20 August 2024:
      i know her gussy smells like roses
  2. (Internet slang, vulgar, humorous, LGBT) The anus of a woman, especially but not exclusively a trans woman.

References

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  1. ^ “gussy”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN: “Perhaps from Australian slang gussie, an effeminate man, from Gussie”
  2. ^ “gussy up”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present: “probably from the name Gussie”
  3. ^ “gussy”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022: “perhaps from Gussie”.
  4. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “gussy”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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