Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A diminutive of puss.
- Filled with pus.
- A dialectal form of
pursy .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A pet name for a cat; also, an endearing name for a girl.
- noun A catkin of the pussy willow.
- noun The game of tipcat; -- also called
pussy cat . - noun (Bot.) any kind of willow having large cylindrical catkins clothed with long glossy hairs, especially the American
Salix discolor ; -- called alsoglaucous willow , andswamp willow . - adjective Colloq. or Low See
pursy .
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- adjective medicine Containing
pus . - adjective slang, dated Alternative form of
pursy .
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- noun informal terms referring to a domestic cat
- noun obscene terms for female genitals
- adjective containing pus
Etymologies
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Examples
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Finishing the word pussy created an explosion of laughter like two cymbals crashing together.
Dear Mrs. Fitzsimmons Greg Fitzsimmons 2010
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I find it curious that women stand up for rights constantly in their relationships whilst men don't, still have no idea why, hence the term pussy whipped.
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The word itself was most likely a combination of the Yiddish word tuches ass and the word pussy, and so it probably represented both at once, interchangeably or collectively.
THE EXTRA MAN JONATHAN AMES 1998
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Ms. Bush thinks its OK to use the word "prick" in a email, imagine if a man used the word "pussy."
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I flop into a chair and look sadly at my Japanese book, wondering if there's a handy way to politely apologize not only for saying the word "pussy" at least four times in a ten-second period but also for expressing that I don't really like eating it.
Boing Boing Mark Frauenfelder 2011
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To everyone else I apologize but that little pussy is a fucking idiot
“Paranormal Activity” is the real deal » Scene-Stealers 2009
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On December 4th 2009, elmoro wrote: omg that FUCKIN GAY THING needs to gets a life u fuckin pussy wot if u were a 19 yr old kid DRIVING AND ur slaggyfied GIRLFRIEND is stick the fuckin fone in ur face askin u who txtin u cant she wait to get home!!!!!!!
Britney Spears Chris Crocker Diss; Britney Spears Calls Crocker ‘Creepy’ 2009
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I would spend the rest of the day and well into the evening watching and studying Monty Python, Allo, Allo, Fawlty Towers, Are You Being Served (an especially hysterical show to a 12 year old boy “My pussy is all dirty” still makes me laugh for hours) and later Red Dwarf.
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More proof the Beethoven pussy is less than 14 years old.
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Intrepid says: awww .. pole squatter wayne the pussy is voting us down again.
Think Progress » Virginians Buck Far-Right Policies Of McDonnell And Cuccinelli 2010
bilby commented on the word pussy
Awww, come on WordNET, stick a cat in your pipe and smoke it.
A small village near Moûtiers, France.
January 1, 2008
mara_jade commented on the word pussy
The sentences displayed are not a good snapshot of its meaning.
June 5, 2009
mara_jade commented on the word pussy
Needs an additional IPA for the second pronunciation.
June 5, 2009
qms commented on the word pussy
A pussy foot can be an omen -
Remember ex ungue leonem.
The essence of Trump's
Expressed in those stumps.
Let Pussy become his cognomen.
July 27, 2016