pussy
pronunciation
How to pronounce pussy in British English:
UK [ˈpʊsi]
How to pronounce pussy in American English:
US [ˈpʊsi]
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- Noun:
- obscene terms for female genitals
- informal terms referring to a domestic cat
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- Adjective:
- having undergone infection
Word Origin
- pussy (n.1)
- "cat," 1726, diminutive of puss (n.1), also used of a rabbit (1715). As a term of endearment for a girl or woman, from 1580s (also used of effeminate men). To play pussy was World War II RAF slang for "to take advantage of cloud cover, jumping from cloud to cloud to shadow a potential victim or avoid recognition."
- pussy (n.2)
- slang for "female pudenda," 1879, but probably older; perhaps from Old Norse puss "pocket, pouch" (compare Low German puse "vulva"), but perhaps instead from the cat word (see pussy (n.1)) on notion of "soft, warm, furry thing;" compare French le chat, which also has a double meaning, feline and genital. Earlier uses are difficult to distinguish from pussy (n.1), as in:The word pussie is now used of a woman [Philip Stubbes, "The Anatomie of Abuses," 1583]But the absence of pussy in Grose and other early slang works argues against the vaginal sense being generally known before late 19c., as does its frequent use as a term of endearment in mainstream literature, as in:"What do you think, pussy?" said her father to Eva. [Harriet Beecher Stowe, "Uncle Tom's Cabin," 1852]Pussy-whipped first attested 1956.
Example
- 1. Most dismissed both the pussy rioters and the moscow opposition street protesters as elitist , unrepresentative and easily dispersed .
- 2. Playboy : is that the real pussy wagon in the driveway , the one the bride drives in kill bill ?
- 3. Photo 2 . Drunkard jim boudreaux taunts the alligator he called " a total pussy " in front of friends .
- 4. Feted by many in media , his hit " jai ho " was covered by the pussy cat dolls , but the softly spoken rahman doesn 't find it hard to remain grounded .
- 5. His most dramatic comments came in response to questions about the pussy riot verdicts handing down jail terms to two young women who allegedly desecrated an orthodox church altar in the spring .