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gussied up 

Something gussied up has been made more attractive, but in a showy or gimmicky way, so it’s often not intended to be a compliment. It can also refer to dressing in one’s finery for some special occasion, when it is intended to be taken more straightforwardly. It is usually considered to be an American expression, dating from the late 1930s or thereabouts.
"I have a hot date tonight, time take a shower and get myself all gussied up."
gussied up by DesperadoXD April 8, 2005
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gussied up 

adverb. A phrase implying that you are dressed sharp, or stylishly; like a homosexual might dress - but still staying true to your gender. (not to be confused with cross dressing - which is to dress as the opposite gender)

Usually only applied to males.
eg 1: Since were all be gussied up, maybe we should go out for an expensive dinner too?

eg2:
Dan: Look at you! You're all gussied up - What's the deal?

Stan: Joanne's bringing were hot flatmate Jessica, and she's worth getting all gussied up for.

Dan: I heard she was taken.

Stan: Really? Well I bet he doesn't look this good.
gussied up by thunderbuns October 13, 2005

Gussied up 

A descriptive word. To emphasise how one is feeling/ looking in a positive manor. To whom is gussied up is to be whom that has the best chance with the opposite sex.
Dang! You're making me feel super gussied up right now, let's go get our cockys sucked.
Gussied up by Gussie who November 14, 2023
You bet she'll gussie up for her birthday party.
gussie up by Adaotmr July 30, 2015

Guessied Up 

Phrasal Verb

If someone is gussied up, they are dressed in a fancy-enough or fashionable-enough way to be appropriately dressed for whatever venue or event their date takes them to.
She was all Guessied up in a dress and accessories that could take her from a ballpark to cocktail party, depending on where her blind date was planning to take her.
Guessied Up by RealPriestess October 30, 2023

bang a you-ee 

of Massachusetts orig. "to make a u-turn"
hey, we missed the bar, bang a you-ee
Word of the Day on July 19, 2026
The word 'flag' as pronounced by people with thick Belfast accents. The term is a perfect encapsulation of the disproportionate and overblown reaction to the removal of the Union Jack (as in 'de fleg') from above City Hall in Belfast. Where previously it had flown for 365 days per year, it is now flown on 17 designated days of the year - in line with many other British cities.

The event caused a portion of the Protestant community ('fleggers') to make international pricks of themselves as they proceeded to wreck the fucking place, claiming it was another erosion of a 'British' identity they perceive to have been under attack since the horrifying spectre of equality reared its head in Northern Ireland.

The word 'fleg' - and indeed 'fleggers' - fittingly describes a section of humanity unconcerned with knowledge, reality or the vagaries of the English language. Like America's tea-baggers they are ruled by instinct, fear and paranoia with a side dish of rampant bigotry and startling ignorance of the world around them.
"Wat de fuck like! The taigs got de fleg took down! Let's wreck de fuckin place! No surrender!"

"De fleg has been took down! Before ye know it there'll be a united Ireland! Attack Short Strand! God Save The Queen!"
Fleg by OnionFleg August 9, 2013
Word of the Day on July 18, 2026