tush
Here is the entry for the third sense of "tush" from MWO: Main Entry: 3tush Pronunciation: 'tushFunction: nounEtymology: perhaps modification of Yiddish tokhes, from Hebrew tahath under, beneat...Read...
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Whats going on here?Well, the main thing that's going on is that within the last year or two MWO stopped listing origin dates. Not just for "tush"; check any word you like. We discussed this here when...
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>We discussed this here when they made the change.Thanks, Dr T -- I missed that discussion. And thanks for the other good points. I looked again at my CD version of OED2 and found the same fourth...
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From ZZ Top:TushI been up, I been down.Take my word, my way around.I ain't askin' for much.I said, Lord, take me downtown,I'm just lookin' for some tush.I been bad, I been good,Dallas, Texas,...
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In the ZZ Top song the word in question rhymes with "much" (to my ear, and as expected): I hear it as "touch". Why would it be written "tush"?The "tush" which means "backside" is AFAIK never...
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I suspect that the word is indeed the one for buttocks and that the group would plead the ancient right of poetic licence for the unusual pronunciation.
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