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Mimsy vs Missy - What's the difference?

mimsy | missy |

As adjectives the difference between mimsy and missy

is that mimsy is (nonce) a nonce word in (lewis carroll)'s (jabberwocky) combining the senses of "flimsy" and "miserable" while missy is of, or pertaining to, female clothing or clothing sizes.

As nouns the difference between mimsy and missy

is that mimsy is (vulgar|slang) the vagina while missy is a young female; miss or missy can be (mineralogy).

mimsy

English

Etymology 1

Adjective

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  • (nonce) A nonce word in (Lewis Carroll)'s (Jabberwocky) combining the senses of "flimsy" and "miserable".
  • *All mimsy were the borogoves'' — Lewis Carroll, ''Jabberwocky

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (mimsies)
  • (vulgar, slang) The vagina.
  • * It seems plastic surgery for men is catching up in the lunacy stakes with the world of female plastic surgery, a place where you can fly to LA and get the shape of your vagina changed: what constitutes an appealingly shaped mimsy is something else to be filed under "unanswered questions", next to the one about who wants a huge pair of balls. — '>citation

    • See also

    * (Jabberwocky) English terms derived from fiction

    missy

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A diminutive of the female given name Melissa.
    • English diminutives of female given names