bussy

See also: Bussy

English

Etymology 1

From bus +‎ -y (diminutive suffix).

Alternative forms

• bussie

Pronunciation

• enPR: bŭsʹē, IPA^(key): /ˈbʌsi/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ʌsi

Noun

bussy (plural bussies)

1. (informal) A bus driver. [since the 1940s]

Further reading

• Eric Partridge (2005) “bussie, noun”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, volume 1 (A–I), London, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 312.
• “bussie n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present

Etymology 2

From bus +‎ -y (adjective-forming suffix).

Alternative forms

• bus-y

Pronunciation

• enPR: bŭsʹē, IPA^(key): /ˈbʌsi/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ʌsi

Adjective

bussy (comparative more bussy, superlative most bussy)

1. (informal, rare) Relating to, resembling, or fond of buses.
   • 1989, D. P. Sen Gupta, What on Earth is Energy? (Popular Science), New Delhi: National Council of Educational Research and Training, page 76:

     [in the speech bubble of a bus driver in a cartoon depicting different modes of transport:] Be a Bussy person and save fuel

   • 1999 November 29, Wumpus, “sheddi plates”, in uk.rec.sheds‎^[1] (Usenet):

     > >Sn!pe, you're weird. Ever heard the phrase 'he/she looks like the back-end
     > >of a bus'? I rest my case.
     Oy! That were prolly put out by the train mob, innit? ¶ You leave the Snipe alone; a bussy person in a happy person. ¶ (daft as a brushy person, n'all, but a lot saner than a trainy person.)

   • 2006 February 23, Jpinny, “Re: Wasdale + pix”, in uk.local.cumbria‎^[2] (Usenet):

     There you go! I'm picking up the same British feeling that I have that someone hi-jacked a good word for something not very mini, and more bussy than vanny.

Etymology 3

Blend of boy +‎ pussy or butt +‎ pussy. See also the suffix -ussy.

Alternative forms

• boosay (euphemistic)

Pronunciation

• enPR: bo͝osʹē, IPA^(key): /ˈbʊsi/

• Audio (UK):

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• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ʊsi

Noun

bussy (plural bussies)

1. (gay slang, LGBTQ) The anus of a man.

   Synonym: boy pussy

2. (gay slang, LGBTQ, by extension) Any anus, in general.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:anus

3. (gay slang, LGBTQ, sometimes derogatory) The vulva or vagina of a trans man.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:trans man's vagina/vulva

Translations

male anus

• Czech: klunda f
• Dutch: jutje n
• Portuguese: cuceta f, boyceta f
• Swedish: pojkfitta c, rövfitta c

References

• Fielding, Lucie (2021) Trans Sex: Clinical Approaches to Trans Sexualities and Erotic Embodiments, New York: Routledge, →ISBN, page 96

Etymology 4

Adjective

bussy (comparative bussier, superlative bussiest)

1. Archaic form of busy.
   • 1762, Elizabeth Cairns, Memoirs of the Life of Elizabeth Cairns, Written By Herself ſome Years before her Death […], Glasgow: Printed for John Brown […], page 15:

     All the day-time, I was ſtill in the fields alone, with my flock; but, in the winter ſeaſons, eſpecially in the long nights, I was buſſy getting leſſons, from any that would teach me, and when ever I could read diſtinctly by myſelf, I carried my book always with me, and as I read, there ſhined a light on my mind, ſo that I was filled with wonder, at every thing I read.

   • 1838, Robert Southey, “Madoc in Aztlan”, in The Poetical Works of Robert Southey, Collected by Himself, volume 5 (Madoc), London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, XVIII: The Victory, page 328:

     […] bells of gold / Emboss’d his glittering helmet, and where’er / Their sound was heard, there lay the press of war, / And Death was bussiest there. […]