Meanings
nounGinsu (plural Ginsus)
plural Ginsus
- A kind of sharp kitchen knife.
The yearning a man feels when he watches the Food Network springs from the same well of forbidden fantasies that led to Michael Douglas' fiasco-fling with a Ginsu-wielding Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction, except that now there's a 180-degree twist.
2006, Details, volume 25, number 1, page 174
Origin
Marketing coinage, intended to evoke the idea of Japanese samurai swords.
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APA
Ginsu. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ginsu
MLA
“Ginsu.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ginsu. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ginsu,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ginsu.
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