CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ZHOOSH
PRESENT
Present
I zhoosh
you zhoosh
he/she/it zhooshes
we zhoosh
you zhoosh
they zhoosh
Present continuous
I am zhooshing
you are zhooshing
he/she/it is zhooshing
we are zhooshing
you are zhooshing
they are zhooshing
Present perfect
I have zhooshed
you have zhooshed
he/she/it has zhooshed
we have zhooshed
you have zhooshed
they have zhooshed
Present perfect continuous
I have been zhooshing
you have been zhooshing
he/she/it has been zhooshing
we have been zhooshing
you have been zhooshing
they have been zhooshing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I zhooshed
you zhooshed
he/she/it zhooshed
we zhooshed
you zhooshed
they zhooshed
Past continuous
I was zhooshing
you were zhooshing
he/she/it was zhooshing
we were zhooshing
you were zhooshing
they were zhooshing
Past perfect
I had zhooshed
you had zhooshed
he/she/it had zhooshed
we had zhooshed
you had zhooshed
they had zhooshed
Past perfect continuous
I had been zhooshing
you had been zhooshing
he/she/it had been zhooshing
we had been zhooshing
you had been zhooshing
they had been zhooshing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will zhoosh
you will zhoosh
he/she/it will zhoosh
we will zhoosh
you will zhoosh
they will zhoosh
Future continuous
I will be zhooshing
you will be zhooshing
he/she/it will be zhooshing
we will be zhooshing
you will be zhooshing
they will be zhooshing
Future perfect
I will have zhooshed
you will have zhooshed
he/she/it will have zhooshed
we will have zhooshed
you will have zhooshed
they will have zhooshed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been zhooshing
you will have been zhooshing
he/she/it will have been zhooshing
we will have been zhooshing
you will have been zhooshing
they will have been zhooshing
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would zhoosh
you would zhoosh
he/she/it would zhoosh
we would zhoosh
you would zhoosh
they would zhoosh
Conditional continuous
I would be zhooshing
you would be zhooshing
he/she/it would be zhooshing
we would be zhooshing
you would be zhooshing
they would be zhooshing
Conditional perfect
I would have zhoosh
you would have zhoosh
he/she/it would have zhoosh
we would have zhoosh
you would have zhoosh
they would have zhoosh
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been zhooshing
you would have been zhooshing
he/she/it would have been zhooshing
we would have been zhooshing
you would have been zhooshing
they would have been zhooshing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you zhoosh
we let´s zhoosh
you zhoosh
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Present Participle
zhooshing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ZHOOSH»
Discover the use of
zhoosh in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
zhoosh and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Polari - The Lost Language of Gay Men
zelda /zeldә/ noun:1 woman;2witch. zhoosh, jhoosh /u:ʃ/ 1 noun: clothing: Julian:
Oh come on, let's have a vada at his zhoosh. Mr Horne: Clothing, that's
translator's note. (Bona Rags) 2 noun: trim or ornamentation; 3 verb: to zhoosh
one's ...
... if this upsets your (American) spellchecker, eg emphasise, realise; but capsize
Zeitgeist zero plural zeros Zeta-Jones, Catherine zeugma eg “The queen takes
counsel and tea” (Alexander Pope) zhoosh an example of gay slang (see Polari),
...
3
The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and ...
There need not be 26 tables to arrive at the Z-game; it is the lowest-stakes table
in the place US, 1988 zhoosh; jhoosh noun 1 ornamentation UK, 2002 . 2
clothing UK, 1968 zhoosh; jhoosh verb 1 to swallow something UK, 2002 . 2 to
tidy the ...
Terry Victor, Tom Dalzell, 2007
4
Fantabulosa: The Dictionary of Polari and Gay Slang
2. noun: trim or ornamentation. 3. verb: to zhoosh one's riah: to comb one's hair.
Vada well, zhooshed riah, the shyckle mauve, full slap, rouge for days, fake ogle-
riahs, fortuni cocktail frock and mother's fabest slingbacks. A Storm in a Tea-cup,
...
As feely ommes ... we would zhoosh our riah, powder our eeks, climb into our
bona new drag, don our batts and troll off to some bona bijou bar. In the bar we
would stand around with our sisters, vada the bona cartes on the butch omme
ajax ...
6
Designated Daughter: The Bonus Years with Mom
her to zhoosh her living room. We stole the word “zhoosh” from Carson Kressley
on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. It means to style, to shoot your sleeves, to
spruce up. Jill and I shopped for a yellow throw (Mom hated it) and colorful
pillows ...
7
The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
98, 1988 zhoosh; jhoosh noun 1 ornamentation UK • — Paul Baker, Polari, p. 195
, 2002 2 clothing UK • Oh come on, let's have a vada [look] at his zhoosh. — Barry
Took and Marty Feldman, Round The Home, March 1968 zhoosh; jhoosh vert ...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
8
Snark! The Herald Angels Sing: Sarcasm, Bitterness and the ...
Shitf inshum lemon zhoosh. Fold in chopped sputterand shrained nuts. Add 100
babblespoons of brown booger or whushevers closhest and mix well. Greash
ubbenandturn the cakeypanto 350 decrees. Nowpour the whole meshintothe ...
9
The Wonderful Wapentake
Aye, there he sits, and you think of the lines from Gray's famous "Elegy": " Save
where from yonder ivy mantled tower The moping owl doth to the moon complain.
" Zhoosh 1 His Mopishness has caught sight of us, and he flits heavily across our
...
Joseph Smith Fletcher, 1895
10
Gabay's Copywriters' Compendium
Fast,loud,and harsh-sounding music. To throw down v.To perform or rap.
Unbreed n. A dog of uncertain pedigree. Videocasting Broadcast of
downloadable video footage for portable video players. Zhoosh v. Gay term used
to enliven a person ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ZHOOSH»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
zhoosh is used in the context of the following news items.
Watch This Great Short Film About Polari, the Lost Gay English Dialect
While some words remain in common use—zhush or zhoosh (to adjust or embellish something to make it more pleasing) and trade (highly masculine or ... «Slate Magazine, Jul 15»
VIDEO: A Short Film (And Some History) Of Early Gay Slang
... isn't used much anymore. But it's still a part of history that we shouldn't let go of. And besides, there's some really great words to zhoosh up your vocab with. «Unicorn Booty, Jul 15»
The History of Drag Movies — And Why Hollywood Owes Us Big-Time
Let's just rally around Hollywood and ask it to zhoosh up some guys as dolls and vice versa, and to make the result funny, pithy, warm, wacky, and trenchant, ... «Out Magazine, Jul 15»
Walking group creates community for Parkinson's patients
The 12-week program is run by Robyn Murrell of ZHOOSH Fitness Garage. An avid advocate of the fitness benefits of boxing and kick boxing, Murrell has also ... «New Westminster News Leader, Jun 15»
Fun House makes a comeback - for adults
On their behalf, I contacted Helen Newstead, Collins' head of language content, who says: “We see some evidence in the corpus for 'Zhoosh' [variant spelling ... «The Independent, May 15»
The Gay Culture Every Queer Should Know About
His most impressive achievement was bringing Polari to a wide audience -- that's a little-known British gay language (from which we get the wood zhoosh, as in, ... «Huffington Post, Apr 15»
New Parkinson's walking program launches in New Westminster
Every week will see local volunteer walk leader Robyn Murrell, owner and operator of Zhoosh Fitness Garage, organize a route and monitor participants' ... «The Record, Apr 15»
The Voice: Who's through to the Semi Finals?
... empty stage, there was now a troupe of dancers bounding around the place and other elements of staging to add a bit of theatrical zhoosh to the proceedings. «What's On TV, Mar 15»
What the Heck Is “Scent Décor”? Nate Berkus Sniffs Out the New …
There are myriad ways to zhoosh up your living space—flooring, lacquering, wallpapering—but, for most people, the costs often outweigh the benefits. «InStyle, Mar 15»
Has Katie Price been having SECRET blow-dries in the Celebrity …
According to the Sun, celebrity hairdresser Mikey Kardashian has been popping into the Diary Room on alternate days to zhoosh up her locks on the down-low ... «heatworld, Feb 15»
