词汇 | tokus |
词源 | tokus. A euphemism for ass. Originally a Yiddish expression heard more frequently as took-us. Tushy is a synonym, used mostly for children. Tokus and its comrades are becoming widespread in America. In The Road (2006), Cormac McCa- rthy writes of a man admonishing his son, who wants to stay in the water, “You’ll freeze your tokus off.” |
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