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English-language morpheme the English-language morpheme the French commune Ussy September 2026 February 2023 thumb|alt=A calzone sliced in half on a plate|A calzone could be called a pizzussy.Squires Bethy January 26, 2022 We Asked Linguists Why People Are Adding -Ussy to Every Word https://www.vulture.com/2022/01/bussy-trend-linguists-explain.html Vulture Riffing off 'bussy' (a portmanteau of 'boy' and 'pussy'), now everything is a cat or a cavity. A calzone is a pizzussy. January 9, 2023 January 9, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230109182120/https://www.vulture.com/2022/01/bussy-trend-linguists-explain.html live inquirer 1 From 'SCOTUSSY' — which was thrown around online during coverage of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, to 'pizzussy' — a very unserious way to playfully and ironically sexualize the enjoyment of pizza and calzones, young people basically just slapped '-ussy' on the end of any phrase. -ussy (ˈ ʊ s i LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame--ussy.wav UUS ee) is an English-language morpheme realized from the word pussy to create novel derived terms, implying resemblance to a vulva or vagina. Portmanteaus derived from pussy have existed in LGBTQ slang since the early 2000s, in the form en bussy (boy pussy), but were popularized in the late 2010s and early 2020s on social media platforms including Tumblr and TikTok. In 2022, the American Dialect Society named -ussy their word of the year. History According to Université de Montréal linguist Michael Dow, portmanteaus derived from pussy first originated within LGBTQ slang, including the terms mussy (man + pussy) and en bussy (boy pussy or sometimes butthole pussy) which were recorded in a gay slang dictionary in 1999 and on Urban Dictionary in 2004.Dow Michael 2018 A corpus study of phonological factors in novel English blends https://cla-acl.ca/pdfs/actes-2018/Dow-2018.pdf Proceedings of the 2018 Annual Conference of the Canadian Linguistic Association Canadian Linguistic Association 1–14 January 17, 2024 March 9, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20240117201701/https://cla-acl.ca/pdfs/actes-2018/Dow-2018.pdf live 4 Bussy is generally defined as referring to the male anus.Ferhatović Denis How to Say Bussy in Another Language: Sociolingvistička rasprava i lični osvrt InterAlia: A Journal of Queer Studies 2023 19–37 10.51897/interalia/AIVD5002 University of Warsaw Warsaw, Poland en,bg https://interalia.queerstudies.pl/issues/18_2023/18-2023-ferhatovic.pdf May 14, 2025 January 1, 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20250514175715/https://interalia.queerstudies.pl/issues/18_2023/18-2023-ferhatovic.pdf live 19-20Grant Patrick Bussinismus: An Introduction to the Pleasure, Pain, Power, and Politics of Bottoming Journal of Black Sexuality and Relationships 2019 6 4 1–26 10.1353/bsr.2019.0024 https://muse.jhu.edu/article/764682 University of Nebraska Press Project Muse subscription September 12, 2025 January 1, 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20250912105403/https://muse.jhu.edu/article/764682/ live 3-5note Bussy can also be used to refer to a transmasculine person's vagina.Fielding Lucie Trans Sex: Clinical Approaches to Trans Sexualities and Erotic Embodiments 2021 Routledge New York 9780429318290 91 Google Books https://books.google.com/books?id=nsIrEAAAQBAJ December 8, 2025 November 6, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20251208235625/https://books.google.com/books?id=nsIrEAAAQBAJ live Dow tentatively calls these terms "pussy blends", but distinguishes them from true blends, and instead categorizes -ussy as a en fractomorpheme no analogous to en -holic (from alcoholic) and en -gate (from Watergate).13 The suffix was popularized by a viral Tumblr post from April 2017 that coined the term en thrussy (throat + pussy, implying deep-throating).4 A month later, an internet meme consisting of computer-generated songs with lyrics such as "Mr. Krabs is one thicc bih, let me see that krussy", leading to further novel forms such as waussy (referencing Wario), babussy (referencing Babadook), and computussy (Karen the Computer).4 From June to August 2017, at least 1,338 -ussy blends appeared on Twitter.8 Other examples include Thatchussy (Margaret Thatcher + pussy), en clussy (clown pussy),Taylor Magdalene 2022-06-28 Serve Me Up a Slice of That Clussy https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/geiru-toneido-clussy 2024-04-24 MEL Magazine January 31, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240131000010/https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/geiru-toneido-clussy live grussy (Grinch + pussy),6 nussy (nose + pussy),Dickson EJ 2020-12-21 Meet the People Getting Off on Covid-19 Nasal Swabs https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/covid-test-nasal-swabs-nussy-1105797/ 2024-08-26 Rolling Stone August 26, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240826194057/https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/covid-test-nasal-swabs-nussy-1105797/ live and birdussy (referring to a bird's cloaca).Taylor Magdalene We've Reached Peak '-Ussy' https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/weve-reached-peak-ussy MEL Magazine February 28, 2022 September 16, 2024 November 12, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20241112211440/https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/weve-reached-peak-ussy live Use of -ussy as a suffix (sometimes called -ussification) was popularized on TikTok beginning in late 2021.Bloch Emily January 11, 2023 Language scholars decided '-ussy' was the word of 2022. Here's what that means. https://www.inquirer.com/news/ussy-american-dialect-society-word-suffix-of-year-20230111.html limited https://web.archive.org/web/20240406120458/https://www.inquirer.com/news/ussy-american-dialect-society-word-suffix-of-year-20230111.html 6 April 2024 The Philadelphia Inquirer Internet Archive The suffix has been used in reference to a physical hole (e.g., a donutussy)inquirer 1 '[It] can be a physical structure analog — like a donutussy, [with] a hole, or it can be metaphorical,' [Kirby] Conrod explained. as well as to emphasize effort (e.g., a barista may "put their whole baristaussy" into creating the perfect latte art). The suffix was named the word of the year for 2022 by the American Dialect Society, with its president Ben Zimmer stating the selection "highlights how creativity in new word formation has been embraced online in venues like TikTok."January 6, 2023 2022 Word of the Year is '-ussy' https://www.americandialect.org/2022-word-of-the-year-is-ussy American Dialect Society January 25, 2023 January 29, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230129061454/https://www.americandialect.org/2022-word-of-the-year-is-ussy live Duneussy A 2024 Dune: Part Two movie promotional popcorn bucket covered with a sandworm mouth was called a Duneussy by a magazine editor and gained Internet fame for resembling an artificial vagina.Esquire March 1, 2024 Kranc Lauren Dune: Part Two: We Reviewed the Sandworm Popcorn Bucket. (For Science.) https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a60045657/dune-part-two-popcorn-bucket-review/Yang Angela January 28, 2024 'Dune: Part 2' is going viral for its sandworm replica popcorn bucket that some joke is NSFW https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/dune-part-2-going-viral-popcorn-bucket-joke-nsfw-rcna136079 live https://web.archive.org/web/20240128211844/https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/dune-part-2-going-viral-popcorn-bucket-joke-nsfw-rcna136079 January 28, 2024 NBC News Internet Archive The 2024 film Deadpool & Wolverine satirized the "Duneussy" popcorn bucket with their own bucket dubbed the Wolvussy, featuring the character Wolverine's open mouth as the bucket lid.Ritzen Stacey 2024-05-30 'Deadpool & Wolverine' Trolls Fans With Latest Suggestive Popcorn Bucket https://www.mensjournal.com/news/deadpool-wolverine-novelty-popcorn-bucket Men's Journal June 6, 2025 July 5, 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250705150357/https://www.mensjournal.com/news/deadpool-wolverine-novelty-popcorn-bucket live No context recap of May show moments WKST-FM https://961kiss.iheart.com/featured/the-morning-freak-show/content/2024-05-31-no-context-recap-of-may-show-moments/ 31 May 2024 June 6, 2025 April 24, 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250424004459/https://961kiss.iheart.com/featured/the-morning-freak-show/content/2024-05-31-no-context-recap-of-may-show-moments/ live See also Terminology of transgender anatomy Dick joke Productivity (linguistics) Yaoi hole Notes note References 2020s Comedy Internet LGBTQ Category:English suffixes Category:LGBTQ slang Category:2000s neologisms Category:Vulva Category:Off-color humor Category:Internet memes introduced in 2021