Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.11 in modern English

Syllables: thish
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A self-reference to the current issue of a periodical.

Dated; Slang; Uncountable

noun

A reference to the specific issue of a periodical currently under discussion.

Dated; Slang; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Much thanks to those of you who were going to write for thish, but failed to make the deadline. Deadline nextish is July 1966..."
"I was simply too stressed to sit down and work on this zine. That I finally got around to publishing thish is not, alas, due to my problems being resolved but rather to a sudden determination on my part to lose myself in the task and thus escape from all that dogs me, if only for a little while."
"Thish of TWS was really a shock to me, and I'm not pulling any punches!"
"Only story I really enjoyed in thish was THE VANISHER."

Etymology

Blend of this + ish (“issue”).

Usage

Questions

What does thish mean?: A self-reference to the current issue of a periodical.
Where does thish come from?: Blend of this + ish (“issue”).

How to pronounce thish

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