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Ish

An exclamation meaning ‘ew’ or ‘yuck.’
Its etymology is likely derived from similar sounding Scandinavian words, so it is mostly commonly found in US communities where immigrants from those countries settled, like Western New York (specifically Jamestown and Chautauqua county), Wisconsin, and Minnesota.
Ish! You stepped in dog crap!

That casserole tastes horrible! Ish!
by Janey-O March 23, 2019
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Fester-ish

When you don’t feel like doing the tasks at hand, feeling lazy, or backing down on your word
“Hey boss man, I can’t come in to work today I’m feeling a little fester-ish.”
by SailHatan999 July 29, 2021
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capital ish

capital ish is just another way of saying the shit.
girl 1:those chicks are capital ish.

boy 1: i hope they have the chicken i like,
that would be the capital ish.
by emmmmmie August 16, 2008
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Fade that ish

Another, street version of saying "Fuck that Shit!". It was made up by a 18 year old Somali from West london when a manager at a work place told him he had to fade his hair. Usually only used when speaking to someone you know, and sometimes used with "Bro" proceeding it.

It can also be used as a more respectful way of saying that you disagree with someone or that you may have another plan that may be different to someone else’s.
Ish: "Ayo, I remember you from last year when you still had hair.

Faz: "Ahhh fuck that shit! I had to fade that shit!"

Dukey: “Ayo come we finesse that bando tonight fam”

Ish: “Fade that ish bro I got an assignment to complete, it’s a flippin school night!”
by Ishmatic17 February 20, 2021
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Blue-ish

Depending on the context, it is code for "Jewish". This is to avoid being banned for openly racist behavior.
John: The "Blue-ish"people own the media companies!
Trevor: That's anti-semitic John, do you have any proof of that?
John: Yes, here are some examples Trevor.

CNN: David Levy, President, Turner
CNN: Jeff Zucker, President
CNN: Wolf Blitzer, Chief Anchor

ABC: Bob Iger, Owner
ABC: Ben Sherwood, President
ABC: James Goldston, News Chief

MSNBC: Brain Roberts, Owner
MSNBC: Bob Roberts, President
MSNBC: Noah Oppenheim, News Chief

CBS: Summer Rothstein, Owner
CBS: Les Moonves, President
CBS: David Rhodes, News Chief

The New York Times: Ochs-Sulzbergers, Owner
The New York Times: Arthur Sulzberger, Publisher
The New York Times: Mark Thompson, Editor in Chief

BBC: Marcus Agius, Board, Rothschild
BBC: Danny Cohen, Director
BBC: Ian Katz, BBC Newsnight

VOX: Ezra Klein, Co-Founder, Editor
VOX: Matthew Iglesias, Co-Founder

BUZZFEED: Jonah Peretti, CEO
BUZZFEED: Ken Lerer, Co-Founder
BUZZFEED: Ben Smith, Editor in Chief

The Economist: Owned by the Rothschild Family
The Economist: Eli Goldstein, Board Director

The Guardian: Anthony Salz, Rothschild Rep.
The Guardian: David Pemsel, CEO
The Guardian: Katharine Viner, Editor-in-Chief

Huffpost: Ken Lerer, Co-Founder
Huffpost: Jonah Peretti, Co-Founder
Huffpost: Lydia Polygreen, Editor-in-Chief
by Mein Kampfy Couch January 27, 2021
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ish

When something is ok but it isn't great or terrible.
sally: is this dress cute to you?
me: ish, i mean it's ight but not my first pick. kinda almost iffy
by somebody, dont worry bout it September 16, 2019
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Ish

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by Kandy can April 22, 2020
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