Definition of dishynext
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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 Seriously, when did everyone forget that this franchise is based on a dishy roman à clef in which Wintour is, hello, referred to as the Devil? — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 29 Apr. 2026 Step behind the velvet rope with candids from photographer Hunter Abrams, get the scoop from inside the bash with our dishy behind-the-scenes party report, take a bite with an insider view from the dinner Vanity Fair hosted during the ceremony, and much, much more. — Vanity Fair, 16 Mar. 2026 Set in vaguely modern times, the show felt to him like a dishy political melodrama. — Alex Jhamb Burns, Vogue, 31 Oct. 2025 But DeVille has no dishy scoops to impart. — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dishy
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Adjective
  • That’s the colloquial name for the Salkin House, an 1,100-square-foot dwelling perched on a hillside lot, built for violist Jules Salkin in 1948 by John Lautner, the famed midcentury modern architect.
    — Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The theme uses a colloquial phrase almost like a mathematical function.
    — Sam Corbin, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • Creative endeavor, in the space of a few hours, flashes its many faces, arduous and sexy, fleeting and fun.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
  • What's the male equivalent of a woman wearing sexy underwear expecting them to be seen by her date?
    — Sean Joseph OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • Us Weekly, which used to be a quasi-People magazine and very friendly, turned into something totally different and gossipy.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
  • But the gossipy tidbits almost pale next to the eye-opening shadiness of some of the business strategies.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • The products have to remain desirable enough that customers are willing to pay up at a time when AI is squeezing margins across much of the software sector.
    — CJ Haddad, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Increasingly, however, marinas are becoming desirable destinations unto themselves.
    — Chrissie McClatchie, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • Credit stress at CoreWeave, concerns over corporate AI spending and another hot inflation report erased more than $1 trillion from 20 of the world's largest AI and semiconductor stocks this week.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Another hot Thursday rumor said that Rice also met recently with NBCUniversal about a post there.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026

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“Dishy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dishy. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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