-ussification

English Etymology From en -ussy -fication suffix denoting a type of pussy. Noun - 1 en neologism The phenomenon by which words are formed using the suffix en -ussy. en Although it has mostly died out by now, -⁠ussification was once considered the peak of comedy. en Bethy Squires We Asked Linguists Why People Are Adding -Ussy to Every Word Vulture https://web.archive.org/web/20240202161826/https://www.vulture.com/2022/01/bussy-trend-linguists-explain.html 26 January 2022 In certain pockets of the internet, the -⁠ussification of language is inescapable. Riffing off "bussy' (a portmanteau of "boy" and "pussy"), now everything is a cat or a cavity. A calzone is a pizzussy. A wine bottle has a winussy. Princess Fiona has an ogussy. en Julia Reinstein Ikran Dahir Steffi Cao The 41 Most Defining Memes Of 2022 w:Buzzfeed News https://web.archive.org/web/20230928214448/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/juliareinstein/the-41-most-defining-memes-of-2022 27 December 2022 Though "-ussy" took off as a meme in 2022, its origins date way further back in historussy. "Bussy" — a portmanteau of "boy pussy" — has been a queer slang term for years, showing up on Urban Dictionary as early as 2004. In 2017, -ussified words had a big moment thanks to Ditty videos. This year, the -⁠ussification came to TikTok, particularly in the comment section before becoming all but inescapable all across the internussy. Even Lizzo sang about her Balenci-ussies. en Mia Mercado I Can't Shut Up About -Ussy The Cut https://web.archive.org/web/20230312111140/https://www.thecut.com/2023/01/why-is-everyone-on-tiktok-using-the-suffix-ussy.html 13 January 2023 In an academic paper from the University of Montreal, linguist Michael Dow used a more political example: Thatchussy, the -⁠ussification of Margaret Thatcher. Dow deemed this class of words "pussy blends," a phrase that deserves its own place in historussy. en Kelly E[lizabeth] Wright w:Benjamin Zimmer Among the New Words w:American Speech 4 Durham, N.C. w:Duke University Press November 2023 98 463 10.1215/00031283-11036555 1527-2133 644323257 In 2022, rapper Lil Zas XLil Nas X told Out magazine that he thought bussy should be added to the dictionary for Pride Month (Rude 2022), shifting -⁠ussification into overdrive—so much so the suffix became ADS Word of the Year.