Lush!

[slinkycat]

Didn't hear that til about 5 or 6 years ago, applied to something that is really nice, and that was from a friend in Gloucestershire, has it spread? bobjugs?

[Captin Kirk]

you haven't seen Gavin & Stacey then? ...

[lesliedaniella]

its a soap shop

[bobjugs12]

I started using it at school, and never really stopped.

It's a southern thing though

[Buenchico]

I've known it used in that way (for over 50 years) since I was a child.

The Concise Oxford Dictionary gives the literal meaning as "(Of vegetation, esp. grass) luxuriant and succulent" but it also gives the derived figurative definition as "luxurious".

Perhaps it's just us Suffolk yokels that use it that way?

[helpmepls]

I too have used this word for many years now.....thought it was an old thing.

[slinkycat]

Oh well gloucester is south as far as i'm concerned!

[slinkycat]

Thats interesting, now trying to think of any midlands phrases that haven't spread south!

[johnny.5]

i though lush was an alcoholic person particulary a woman
the word used mainly in scotland

[slinkycat]

where are you from vibra?

[jb190281]

hey vibra, thanks for your comment on my thread

as for lush, id say its defo a welsh thing, and ive been saying it even more since gavin & stacey!

[slinkycat]

no it's not a welsh thing! IS IT? see above, my yokel friends from gloucester av been saying it for years