stooshie
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The disruption caused by a disagreement or misunderstanding.
Example Sentences
- "The Traveller going through Customs goes alone, wondering what is causing the stooshie up front and nervously letting someone go before him […]"
- "First of all, there’d been that horrible stooshie over the wifie in Ballygrant with MS who was growing her own cannabis in her greenhouse."
- "Ill-will can mak a stooshie, but love can settle a stramash."
- "The right hon. Gentleman is making a great stooshie about time in relation to this Bill, but was it not the case that, when the SNP [Scottish National Party] Scottish Government introduced their continuity Bill in the Scottish Parliament, they operated a ruthless guillotine to prevent proper scrutiny of it?"
Etymology
Probably from Scots stooshie, possibly a contraction of English ecstasy. Perhaps related to English stoush.
Origin
- Source language: English