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Bussy is a portmanteau of the words boy and pussy used to refer to a man's anus. The word was coined and primarily used be members of the LGBTQ+ community.

Origin

Usage of the word "bussy" within the gay community predates its internet usage. According to Urban Dictionary, which features the earliest known usage of the word online, members of the LGBTQ+ community have been using the word to describe the male anus since 1992. Urban Dictionary^[1] user One Angry Fine Ass Guy defined the word, "Slang term used by gay men to connote Boy-Pussy. In reference to their anus. Bussy has been used for at least 15 years by gay men to describe their man hole of love!" The post received more than 2,000 upvotes in less than 14 years (shown below).

Spread

The word remained a fixture of the gay cultural lexicon but did not begin seeing widespread usage online until the mid-00s. On December 22nd, 2014, Twitter^[2] user @lohanthony tweeted, "i hate when people ask me if i'm a boy or a girl… bitch you KNOW i'm a boy…. now come over here and eat this bussy…" The tweet received more than 4,000 likes and 850 retweets, becoming the first tweet featuring the word to top 1,000 likes (shown below, left).

The following year, on September 16th, 2015, Wikitonary^[3] defined the word as "bus driver." Three years later, on September 27th, 2018, Wiktionary added a second definition for the word that reflects the common usage. In 2019, users added another definition: "transmasculine vulva."

Others have used the word to refer to a positive reaction to music. Babe.net^[4] writes, "Bussy is also a term used to 'Bop your bussy' in reference to sick tunes. Look back at all of the times you used other (shittier) descriptors for your enjoyment of a good beat."

On May 19th, 2019, the word went viral after being mentioned in a video by BuzzFeed. The video, "Taron Egerton Reads Thirst Tweets," features actor Taron Egerton reading sexual tweets. One tweet reads, "Taron Egerton is one white boy that I trust to destroy my bussy." Egerton responds, "What's a bussy?" The post received more than 6.1 million views in less than two years (shown below).

Bussy Gang

On May 7th, 2018, YouTuber dakooters published the song "Bussy Gang," a parody of the Lil Pump song Gucci Gang. Within three years, the song received more than 459,000 views (shown below).

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