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CYA-ishness

A quality or attitude indicative of the desire to document one's lack of culpability for foreseeable negative outcomes.

Derived from the acronym CYA, which stands for "Cover Your Ass" -- common parlance in the American workplace, used when warning co-workers to protect themselves with adequate, blame-deflecting documentation.
Joe is thankful to the Legal department for refining his skills at inserting stealth qualifiers (such as: "can," "may" and "helps to ... ") to enhance the CYA-ishness of his written materials.
by Robert-not-Rob July 20, 2009
mugGet the CYA-ishnessmug.

pimp-ish

almost pimp or hoe like but not quite there yet
Gosh that guy is pimptical but they guy with him is only pimp-ish
by Kara and Becca January 28, 2005
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bay ish

things containing/or relating to bay area swagger and style.
This bay ish is jammin LIKE YEEE! some bay ish:
.TELL ME WHEN TO GO- E40 AND KEAK DA SNEAK
.GO DUMB
.HYPHY
.18 DUMMY
.YELLOW BUS RIDER
ETC ETC ETC
by mz ghetto couture May 27, 2006
mugGet the bay ishmug.

british-ish

An American who speaks British English or uses mostly British slang.
Sarah is kind of...british-ish.
by Emmabean January 18, 2008
mugGet the british-ishmug.

ish-ly

Similar to kinda.
Most people may think yes, or no, but you are not thinking that so you would use ISH-LY
by Myke Payne June 21, 2008
mugGet the ish-lymug.

Asshole-ish

When you're being kind of, but not really, an asshole.
Jeez! Temecu sure was asshole-ish in his post!
by Romanceandchains January 23, 2014
mugGet the Asshole-ishmug.

Bump that ish

like bump that shit, but less vulgar
appropriate for all ears
1:Dude we have an exam tomorrow
2:Bump that ish
by The Biggest Bosss November 29, 2010
mugGet the Bump that ishmug.

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