scuzz
nounEtymology Back-formation from scuzzy.
1
Slang A scuzzy person, an unpleasant or disgusting person.
- For example, when the poor surviving father – the excellent actor Robert Forster as “Eddie Marino” – sees a pious liberal judge suspend the sentence on the scuz that killed his son, he goes berserk in the courtroom – and he ends up in the slammer for contempt of court!1983 March 7, Stephen Hunter, “‘Vigilante’: exploiter of America’s street-crime fear”, in The Sun, volume 292, number 94, Baltimore, Md.: A.S. Abell Publishing Co., page B6:
2
Slang A scuzzy thing, a disgusting substance, especially dirt or grime.
- Derived terms
- scuzzball, scuzzbucket, scuzzed out, scuzzoid, scuzz up