tszuj

English

Etymology

Originally borrowed from Polari zhoosh.

Verb

tszuj (third-person singular simple present tszujes, present participle tszujing, simple past and past participle tszujed)

1. Alternative spelling of zhoosh
   • 2004, Carson Kressley, Off the Cuff, The Art of the Tszuj:

     When I worked at Ralph Lauren, whenever we were styling looks for runway shows or on models, Ralph and Jerry Lauren would turn to me and say, “Carson give that a little tszuj.” “Tszuj it” just means tweak it, finesse it, make it better, make it personal.

   • 2008, Heath L. Buckmaster, Homo Sarcasmus — The Best of the Blog Volume 1.0, page 49:

     I finish, I go get dressed, and head back into the bathroom to tszuj my hair and leave.

   • 2019, Portia MacIntosh, Honeymoon For One:

     As I tszuj my newly freed hair, I realise that the plait has left me with some sort of crimped effect. I run my hands over it, but I can feel how big and eighties it must be looking.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:zhoosh.