Definitions
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- verb
Eye dialect spelling ofis . - noun The name of the letter which stands for the sh sound
IPA : /ʃ/ inPitman shorthand . - adverb colloquial
somewhat ,reasonably ,fairly - adverb colloquial
about ,approximately
Etymologies
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Examples
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The use of the term ish (man) for a newborn boy is odd.
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Posted on May 18, 2010 under australia | No Comment ish is the course for anyone who wants to progress quickly from the basics to understanding speaking and writing Finnish with confidence.
Planet-x.com.au » Teach Yourself Finnish new books visiting CDs AudioBooks yourself 2010
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This first ish is all set-up with very little in the way of direct action.
24 « March « 2010 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy 2010
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When you see staffers leaving the RNC, you know some soap opera ish is going down.
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He and Green Arrow leave JLA hq and the rest of this ish is vignettes showing how some of the rest of what will become this new team have arrived at these same conclusions.
06 « July « 2009 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy 2009
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He and Green Arrow leave JLA hq and the rest of this ish is vignettes showing how some of the rest of what will become this new team have arrived at these same conclusions.
Quick Hits – Irredeemable, The Mighty, Justice League, The Destroyer, and More 2009
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The most obvious way from preventing a single religion from becoming Mary Sue-ish is to create a second religion with a fundementally different belief system.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Dinhilion’s Review Forum 2009
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This first ish is all set-up with very little in the way of direct action.
March « 2010 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy 2010
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This first ish is all set-up with very little in the way of direct action.
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I thought this looked interesting, so … this 2nd ish is full of shocks and wildness, several deaths and a Death Goddess (two appearances by Hela in the same week may just be a portent).
30 « December « 2008 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy 2008
cryptofascistbbq commented on the word ish
www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ish - recent meanings have cropped up
October 13, 2014
alexz commented on the word ish
Research into the ish shows that 'ish' is plus or minus 15 minutes.
http://globalnews.ca/news/1773916/watch-what-is-ish/
January 15, 2015
alexz commented on the word ish
Spotted "all that ish"
July 21, 2017