What Does Mushy Mean?

Mushy can have several different meanings depending on how it’s used.  Mushy can mean a soft pulpy texture, lacking firmness or excessively emotional.  An example is the breaks on the car felt mushy so I took it to the mechanic.  In this case, mushy means ‘lacking the usual firmness when pressure is applied to the breaks’.  An alternative could be that I like to cook my green peas until they are mushy if they came from a can.  Here it’s being used to say a soft pulpy consistency.  Finally, another contextual meaning could be that it made Sally giggle when Joe got all mushy on the phone after their third date.   In this case, we are referring to an overly emotional or friendly state. 

Mushy is a word that seems to have one of its meanings derived from a child’s description of something that is mashed or a country slang mush/mash for smash when referring to pressing on a brake pedal or other such motion.  In the south, you do not press, you mash/mush.  It also sounds like it could have, and it does, come from puppy love slang for sentimental (gushy with a twinkle of kissy thrown in).   Mushy is also one of the words that is translated virtually the same in any English speaking culture.

As languages develop regionally, there are many additional words but far more plentiful are the definitions added to existing words in dictionaries.  For example, Stupid and bad have recently become commonly accepted compliments in urban cultures.  This is in direct contrast to their original meanings and is cause for a wide variety of misunderstandings that can easily get out of hand.  Knowing the various definitions and ways a word can be used will assist you in understanding a broader range of geographical dialects.  The words are a tool that can be used to bridge gaps and broaden horizons.

Mush is best defined as a pulp. It may refer to anything soggy and or soft. For example 'The cauliflower was boiled until it was mush'. It may alternatively denote cornmeal that is boiled in water. It may also refer to treacle. A mush drive is a team of dogs that is a dogsled.

Mush may when used in the context of human emotions or sentiments means excessively sweet. It is usually used with rather negative connotations. It is commonly used in connection with romance novels or romantic comedies. For example 'Ross from Friends is quite a mush guy'.

In addition a MUSH that is a Multi-User Shared Habitat or Hallucination is the name of a text-based online social medium which connects multiple users simultaneously. They are often used for social intercourse and occasionally for role-playing games but the first forms of MUSH do not appear to be coded in order to implement any kind of gaming activity

Mushy is defined as anything that has the same consistency as mush. With regard to human emotions or sentiments mushy means anything that is insincerely emotional like for example a 'Her novels were always mushy' or 'mushy effusiveness'. It is usually used in connection with some form of romantic literature, movies, soaps or serials and is also sometimes used in connotation with the opera,

Mushy Peas are dried marrowfat peas that are generally kept soaking overnight. Afterward they are kept in a vessel on slow flame until they form a green lumpy paste. Often a small quantity of sodium bicarbonate is added to it to soften them. They are usually served along with fish and Chips. On occasion a lump of butter is added to it to enhance their flavour.

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