-ussification

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.

2022 January 26, Bethy Squires, “We Asked Linguists Why People Are Adding -Ussy to Every Word”, in Vulture, archived from the original on 02 Feb 2024

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.

2022 December 27, Julia Reinstein, Ikran Dahir, Steffi Cao, “The 41 Most Defining Memes Of 2022”, in Buzzfeed News, archived from the original on 28 Sep 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.

2023 January 13, Mia Mercado, “I Can't Shut Up About -Ussy”, in The Cut, archived from the original on 12 Mar 2023

In 2022, rapper Lil Zas X^([sic – meaning Lil 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.

2023 November, Kelly E[lizabeth] Wright, Benjamin Zimmer, “Among the New Words”, in American Speech, volume 98, number 4, Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 463