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as in colloquial
having the style and content of everyday conversation
twice a week he churns out a dishy column on the latest tidings from Tinseltown
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Recent Examples of dishy
The first episode focuses on the early days of the community and its lighter side — the jokes, the watch parties, the celebrity spats, the dishy threads (who could forget Zola?).
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Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
The filmmaker’s dishy, behind-the-scenes look at working with some of the biggest names in Hollywood.
—The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2024
Her new album, Eternal Sunshine, delves into her recent divorce in a fashion that’s meticulous, dishy, and a little poisonous.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2024
For many readers, the chapter was just a dishy run-down of high-society women, their secrets and lies.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Jan. 2024
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Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
The filmmaker’s dishy, behind-the-scenes look at working with some of the biggest names in Hollywood.
—The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2024
Her new album, Eternal Sunshine, delves into her recent divorce in a fashion that’s meticulous, dishy, and a little poisonous.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2024
For many readers, the chapter was just a dishy run-down of high-society women, their secrets and lies.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dishy
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The oceanic pole of inaccessibility goes by a more colloquial name: Point Nemo.Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2024
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The term shart is a colloquial reference for a wet fart, or when watery stool accidentally slips out while passing gas.Cristina Mutchler, Health, 6 Oct. 2024
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Another year where society isn’t brave enough to make the correct choice — give Colbert the sexiest man award, dammit!Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
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Only Joan knows for sure — and she’s come dressed as the world’s sexiest senior executioner.Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 17 Oct. 2024
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The Witch Hazel introduced in those shorts is a good-natured, gossipy witch who takes pride in her child-cooking and potion-brewing skills.Katie Rife, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2024
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And the film is a study in the community, all the little relationships and the gossipy back-biting things that are happening, the young people having their first love affairs and flirtations and attractions.Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 25 Oct. 2024
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Research has also shown that desirable low-stress rat environments retune their brains’ reward circuits, such as the nucleus accumbens.Kelly Lambert, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
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Unemployment dipped to its lowest level in 54 years in 2023 and stayed within a desirable range.Vox Staff, Vox, 6 Nov. 2024
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Residents were also instructed to clean and scrub any containers with hot soapy water or bleach to remove any Aedes aegypti eggs and leave them to dry for at least a day.Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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Top with the remaining Sichuan pepper oil, pine nuts, and cilantro, and serve hot with rice.Lois Goh, Saveur, 13 Nov. 2024
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“Dishy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dishy. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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