scuzzy

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scuzzy

/ˈskʌ.zi/ US, UK
/ˈskʊzi/ Northern England
/ˈskʌze/ Scotland
/-zɪ/ Scotland
/-zi/ Scotland

Sounds like SCSI · Rhymes with -ʌzi

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Probably a blend of scummy + fuzzy 1960s, US, colloquial, expressive coinage, with influence from scum, fuzzy, lousy, sleazy.

adjective scuzzier · scuzziest

colloquial Dirty or grimy. a scuzzy toilet
colloquial Disreputable; sleazy. They were easy to shrug off as harmless cranks, only interested in getting together in scuzzy pubs to talk about a revolution they would never manage to provoke, more likely to fight among themselves than raise a concerted attack on the minorities they were so opposed to.

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@misc{scuzzy_2026,
  title = {scuzzy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/scuzzy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}