Meaning

3 senses

  1. The letter which stands for the sh sound /ʃ/ in Pitman shorthand.

  2. (dated, slang)An instalment of a periodical; an issue.

  3. (euphemistic, uncountable)Shit (in various senses).

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Today is a very Saturday-ish Friday.

    deHeute ist ein sehr samstaghafter Freitag.

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  2. This backpack is blue-ish.

    deDieser Rucksack ist bläulich.

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  3. "What is the time?" "Four-ish."

    ru«Сколько времени?» – «Где-то четыре».

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Origin

From Pitman ess and eff, which it resembles phonetically and graphically, and the sound it

From Pitman ess and eff, which it resembles phonetically and graphically, and the sound it represents. The change in vowel probably reflects the familiar suffix -ish.

Phonetic spelling of the clipping of issue.

From earlier isht, a minced oath and metathetic alteration of shit. Possibly onomatopoeic from being inspired by the sound of the word shit when backmasked in clean or radio edits of hip-hop songs.

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Forms

plural: ishes
Singularish
Pluralishes

regular

Word family

4 related words
Relatedeshzhee
Derivedannishthish

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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