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  • noun The quality of being swishy.

Etymologies

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swishy +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • But a commitment to canvassing hadn't robbed my gentlemen companions of their swishiness, or me of my appreciation for a high thread count.

    Mary Pols: Campaign Journal: Two Homos And A Single Mom 2008

  • It would also emphasise the fullness and swishiness of the skirt.

    Tiers of Joy - A Dress A Day 2007

  • No, I think the Daily Press meant to call the Queer Eye cast was a bunch of "Uncle Tom Gays," meaning they were obsequiously "being faggoty" for the highest corporate dollar, whoring out their swishiness for a world that otherwise wouldn't accept them.

    pentultimatrimonial 2004

  • No, I think the Daily Press meant to call the Queer Eye cast was a bunch of "Uncle Tom Gays," meaning they were obsequiously "being faggoty" for the highest corporate dollar, whoring out their swishiness for a world that otherwise wouldn't accept them.

    I'm a Little Light in the Skechers 2004

  • His Tony Stark is such a giddy mix of high-order corporate narcissism and disco swishiness that, yes, watching him sashay around the movie is a bit like watching John Travolta on the dance floor of "Saturday

    SFGate: Top News Stories 2010

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