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
Where did the phrase I dont give a rats ass come from? I would love to know the origin of this saying The OED gives the first citation of the phrase from Leon Uris, "Battle Cry" in 1953 (but if it appeared in print then, it would certainly have been around for a while before that