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- etymology - How widely used is the word tush - English Language . . .
In my dialect of American English, the word "tush" or "tushy" is a dimminuitive of "rear end" (e g , something you'd say about a baby, not as harsh as "butt" and a word you aren't ashamed to say to your mother) The word derives from Yiddish, and I am from a Jewish family in the New York area, so I'm generally understood when I say it
- etymology - Origin of tail over teakettle? - English Language Usage . . .
According to The Phrase Finder, it is a variation of ass end over teakettle and actually Ngran shows that its usage started a few years later
- When and where did spanking begin to be used as an adjective?
In other words, there is an obscure analogy hidden in the expression The newness of, say, a new car is like a brand new baby whom a gynecologist or nurse spanks on the behind to get him or her breathing The connection between the baby and the spank on the tushy is pretty well engrained in the American psyche, I believe
- etymology - Origin of the idiom butt of jokes - English Language . . .
To butt something can mean to ram it or hit it with the back end of something: He butted me with the rifle To get the butt end of a joke is to receive the blunt of the joke
- Was the informal usage of kosher an AmE one originally?
They, and their children (or at least many of them) spoke a low-brow version of American English whose contribution to American culture includes such words as tushy, heiny, chutzpah, mitzvah, schlep, "enjoy!", etc, and, yes, kosher, too
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