They/Them Pussy / Thussy / þussy

About

They/Them Pussy, also known as Thussy or þussy, is a portmanteau slang term that combines the nonbinary pronouns "they/them" and the word "pussy." The word was first conceived sometime in late April 2017 on Tumblr. The term and concept began to gain meme momentum in January 2021 and continued gaining traction throughout the year.

Origin

The first known mentioning of the word "thussy," which pre-dates the later term "þussy," occurred on Tumblr^[1] in April 2017. On April 29th, 2017, Tumblr user pyrruby responded to an anonymous message mentioning the word "thussy" replying, "WWAHATS A THUSSY" (shown below, top). A few days later on May 2nd, 2017, Tumblr^[2] user basedheisenberg also responded to an anonymous message that asked, "What the fuck is this thussy shit?" (shown below, bottom). It's estimated that the term was coined by someone in late April 2017 and that these Tumblr posts were reactions to it, though the exact first is unknown.

On July 29th, 2018, the first mentioning of the term "þussy" was uttered on Tumblr^[3] from user patchwork-passions (shown below).

Spread

"Thussy" was added to Urban Dictionary^[4] on September 14th, 2019, by user Robbery9548 (shown below). As of August 2021, it is the third most popular definition of the term with 40 likes.

On December 19th, 2019, Twitter^[9] user @pigeonboyalex tweeted about "they/them pussy" (shown below).

On May 23rd, 2020, Tumblr^[5] user diosapatemajor posted, "they got that they/them þussy," (shown below) which received roughly 88,000 notes over roughly one year. This moment is the most notable starting point for the eventual super-spread of the term beginning in early 2021. Multiple users replied to this post, some explaining grammatically the logic behind the "þ" letter.

Screenshots of these Tumblr interactions regarding "þussy" were posted to /r/Tumblr.^[6] On June 8th, 2020, a screenshot of the original diosapatemajor post (who at the time went by cosmic-carousel on Tumblr) was posted to r/Tumblr (shown below). The post received 602 upvotes over roughly one year.^[7]

On October 30th, 2020, Redditor bulldogmrk posted another screenshot of the diosapatemajor post including replies from other Tumblr users who explained the pronunciation (shown below). The post received roughly 6,200 upvotes over roughly six months.^[8]

On January 1st, 2021, Urban Dictionary user ryan c. dredd added a new definition to the database titled, "þussy," which quickly became the top definition of the term (shown below).^[11]

On March 15th, 2021, the Facebook^[10] page Wen u crowdsruf at dubstep concert nd sum doushbag ponch u in ball posted an image macro depicting Peter Griffin lying in a hospital bed. The meme (shown below) says Peter "could not handle" the "they/them pussy." The post received 480 likes and 237 shares over roughly four months.

On March 29th, 2021, Twitter^[11] user @basically_byron tweeted a screenshot of the ryan c. dredd Urban Dictionary definition (shown below) and received roughly 89,400 likes over roughly 4 months.

Related Memes

Thock / Thenis / They/Them Dick

Thock refers to the male-bodied version of "Thussy," being a portmanteau of "they/them" and "cock" having to do with a non-binary penis. On June 18th, 2019, Tumblr^[12] blog network-failure made a text post that simply read, "thock," earning two reblogs in two and a half years (shown below).

The term "they/them dick" became a notable term on Twitter shortly after. The first-known utterance of "they/them dick" was posted on October 23rd, 2019, by Twitter^[13] user violentmisandry who received two likes for their tweet over the course of two and a half years (shown below, left). On December 19th, 2019, Twitter^[14] user dietcis tweeted, "they/them dick be ripping," earning over 250 likes in two and a half years (shown below, right).

The concept of non-binary dick continued to trend alongside they/them pussy going into 2020, 2021 and 2022. For instance, on March 4th, 2021, Instagram^[15] page femboyadmin posted a meme that referenced "they/them dick," earning 36 likes in one year (shown below, left). On March 21st, 2021, Facebook^[16] page Autistic bi trans boyfriend posted a meme that earned 37 likes in one eleven months (shown below, center). On February 22nd, 2022, Instagram^[17] page nats_delusionalarc posted a meme that referenced "thock," earning 36 likes in one day (shown below, right).

-Ussy

Ussy refers to the suffix "-ussy," used to make portmanteaus with the word "pussy." The internet slang trend predates meme history, surfacing in LGBTQ+ discourse as early as the late 1980s with the word Bussy. Other iterations have since appeared like Nussy, Thrussy, Thussy and the meme template Who Need They Pussy Ate? Memes emerged in abundance in late 2021 about "Words That End In -Ussy."

Of course, the first -ussy portmanteau was "bussy," originally added to Urban Dictionary on March 7th, 2004,^[18] by user four_stave_score, where over the course of 18 years, it's received over 500 likes (shown below). The definition labels it as a mix of "butthole" and "pussy," but most definitions label it as a portmanteau of "boy" and "pussy," referring to the hole of a bottom.

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