Meanings
present singular third person tszujes · participle present tszujing · participle past tszujed · past tszujed
- alternativeAlternative spelling of zhoosh.
I finish, I go get dressed, and head back into the bathroom to tszuj my hair and leave.
2008, Heath L. Buckmaster, Homo Sarcasmus — The Best of the Blog Volume 1.0, page 492 more examples
When I worked at Ralph Lauren, whenever we were styling looks for runway shows or on models, Ralph and Jerry Lauren would turn to me and say, “Carson give that a little tszuj.” “Tszuj it” just means tweak it, finesse it, make it better, make it personal.
2004, Carson Kressley, Off the Cuff, The Art of the TszujAs I tszuj my newly freed hair, I realise that the plait has left me with some sort of crimped effect. I run my hands over it, but I can feel how big and eighties it must be looking.
2019, Portia MacIntosh, Honeymoon For One
Origin
- Polarizhoosh
- Englishtszuj
Originally borrowed from Polari zhoosh.
More words from Polari
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