Interesting.

zhoosh meaning: to style (hair)
-Polari (gay slang that has a long history in the theatre & gypsy camps; some may be familiar with some of the words from "Around the Horne", some words also used by Terry Pratchett in his Discworld series). Source: Peter Burton, Parallel Lives, GMP 1985, ISBN-0-907040-65-9

So the word has some history prior to being popularised by Queer Eye. Which I still have not seen.


I'm avoiding writing my novel. Can you tell? I'm aiming for 12 thousand before I go to bed, but that's not necessarily going to happen...