stooshie

English

Etymology

Probably from Scots stooshie, possibly a contraction of English ecstasy. Perhaps related to English stoush.

Noun

stooshie (plural stooshies)

1. (Scotland) The disruption caused by a disagreement or misunderstanding.
   • 1978, Institute of Bankers in Scotland, Scottish Bankers magazine:

     The Traveller going through Customs goes alone, wondering what is causing the stooshie up front and nervously letting someone go before him […]

   • 2003, Christopher Brookmyre, One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night:

     First of all, there’d been that horrible stooshie over the wifie in Ballygrant with MS who was growing her own cannabis in her greenhouse.

   • 2006, Jamie Stuart, Proverbs in the patter:

     Ill-will can mak a stooshie, but love can settle a stramash.

   • 2019 October 22, Stephen Kerr, Member of Parliament for Stirling, “Second Reading of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill”, in House of Commons Debates (House of Commons)‎^[1], volume 666, archived from the original on 24 October 2019, column 860:

     The right hon. Gentleman is making a great stooshie about time in relation to this Bill, but was it not the case that, when the SNP [Scottish National Party] Scottish Government introduced their continuity Bill in the Scottish Parliament, they operated a ruthless guillotine to prevent proper scrutiny of it?

Synonyms

• (disruption): fracas, fuss, mess, outcry, stir, uproar

Further reading

• “Scottish word of the day - Stooshie”, in The Scotsman, 2012 July 3

Anagrams

• shooties, thoosies, Sohoites, tooshies

Scots

Alternative forms

• stashie, stashy, stachie, stuschie, stushie, stushy, steeshie, steishie, stishie, stash, stush

Etymology

Possibly derived from English ecstasy.

Noun

stooshie (plural stooshies)

1. a disturbance, an uproar, a tussle

References

• “stooshie”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.