Ginsu

English

Etymology

Marketing coinage, intended to evoke the idea of Japanese samurai swords.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɪnsuː/

Noun

Ginsu (plural Ginsus)

1. A kind of sharp kitchen knife.
   • 2006, Details, volume 25, number 1, page 174:

     The yearning a man feels when he watches the Food Network springs from the same well of forbidden fantasies that led to Michael Douglas' fiasco-fling with a Ginsu-wielding Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction, except that now there's a 180-degree twist.

Anagrams

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