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Mimsy vs Misy - What's the difference?

mimsy | misy |

As nouns the difference between mimsy and misy

is that mimsy is (vulgar|slang) the vagina while misy is (mineralogy) an impure yellow sulphate of iron; yellow copperas or copiapite.

As an adjective mimsy

is (nonce) a nonce word in (lewis carroll)'s (jabberwocky) combining the senses of "flimsy" and "miserable".

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

    misy

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (mineralogy) An impure yellow sulphate of iron; yellow copperas or copiapite.
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