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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
After a wave of celebrity memoirs last year made finding a gift for the bookish fans in your life easy, we’re left with a relative dearth of dishy autobiographical tomes in 2024 (with the exception of one by Cher, who always keeps the stans fed).
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Vulture Staff, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
While Tendler’s confessional writing style is reminiscent of a long email from a friend or dishy voice note, her memoir is anything but a gossipy tell-all.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2024
McPherson has an appealingly frank and dishy manner.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 21 June 2024
All That Glitters, his accounting of Inigo Philbrick’s bad art friendship and even worse art fraud, is dishy and vulnerable and propulsive.
—Anusha Praturu, Vulture, 22 May 2024
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Vulture Staff, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
While Tendler’s confessional writing style is reminiscent of a long email from a friend or dishy voice note, her memoir is anything but a gossipy tell-all.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2024
McPherson has an appealingly frank and dishy manner.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 21 June 2024
All That Glitters, his accounting of Inigo Philbrick’s bad art friendship and even worse art fraud, is dishy and vulnerable and propulsive.
—Anusha Praturu, Vulture, 22 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dishy
Adjective
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Because back nine is close to backside, and backside is just far too colloquial.—
Paulina Dedaj,
FOXNews.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Russ Scholl, a ski instructor at Breckenridge Ski Resort, has published a 133-square grid of funky colloquial phrases for different types of snow.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
24 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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And, depending on each event’s everyday price, some of the $25 deals wind up being sexier than others.—
Michael Deeds,
Idaho Statesman,
20 May 2025
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The narrative is sexier than the truth in this case.—
Chris Perkins,
Sun Sentinel,
15 May 2025
Adjective
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In a world of algorithm game-playing and lyrics bundled with gossipy subtext, the band’s songs — which deftly blend garage rock and shoegaze — function as talismans affirming the importance of standing tall by your convictions.—
Sophie Williams,
Billboard,
1 May 2025
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There’s plenty of drama to go around — especially once gossipy talk show hosts, cruel vloggers and even campy drag queens join in on the action to tear its titular drama queens to shreds.—
Manuel Betancourt,
Variety,
25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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There is no obvious spot for two more games on the opening weekend that would provide a desirable, exclusive TV window.—
Ralph D. Russo,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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Dear Liz: My husband and I built a home on a hillside over 30 years ago in a desirable neighborhood with a beautiful view.—
Liz Weston,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 May 2025
Adjective
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Pour hot cream over chocolate chips in a large heatproof mixing bowl; let stand 3 minutes.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
22 May 2025
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And the doctors who don’t say that are just jealous of your hot little baby.—
Megan Amram,
New Yorker,
22 May 2025
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“Dishy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dishy. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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