mushroom, n. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang (2024)

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Mushroom, n. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang? ›

1. a contemptible person; also as adj. [the propensity of the fungus to grow 'in the dark'].

If something such as an industry or a place mushrooms, it grows or comes into existence very quickly. The media training industry has mushroomed over the past decade. Synonyms: expand, increase, spread, boom More Synonyms of mushroom. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

Definition of 'mushier'

1. soft and pulpy. 2. informal. excessively sentimental or emotional.

: an enlarged complex aboveground fleshy fruiting body of a fungus (such as a basidiomycete) that consists typically of a stem bearing a pileus. especially : one that is edible.

In American English the phrase "to treat like a mushroom" means "to keep in the dark" about what is going on and "to feed crap" for the same reason.

1. The 🍄 emoji can be code for “magic” (psychedelic) mushrooms. If someone on social media is talking about the “amazing trip” they had or posting about some kind of mind-altering experience and pairing it with the 🍄 emoji, it could be a drug reference.

1. a contemptible person; also as adj.

If you describe someone or something as mushy, you mean that they are very sentimental.

In British slang, "mush" is a term of endearment used to address a friend or a companion. It is derived from the Romani word "mush" which means "man" or "mate." It is often used in informal and friendly conversations.

ˈjigəˌbü plural jigaboos. offensive. used as an insulting and contemptuous term for a black person.

What is the mushroom concept? ›

Mushroom management means that workers' curiosity and self-expression are not supported. The employees often have no idea what the company's overall situation is, because the leaders tend to make all the decisions on their own, without asking anyone else to give their opinion.

“Associated in art, literature, and folklore with the wicked and exotic, the mushroom has been used since primitive times to represent death and death's fair sister, sex. Mushrooms have been called 'devil's fruit' and Satan's beard.

a type of fungus (= any of various types of organisms that get their food from decaying material or other living things) that grows soft parts above the ground that produce spores (= reproductive cells).

noun. my·​co·​phile ˈmī-kō-ˌfī(-ə)l. : a devotee of mushrooms. especially : one whose hobby is hunting wild edible mushrooms.

You've probably heard the expression "feeling like a mushroom," which is to say feeling kept in the dark, left uninformed and fed a bunch of sh--. Think sh*ttake mushrooms.

A police officer and a sniffer dog at the home of Erin Patterson – the woman at the centre of an alleged mushroom poisoning plot – in Leongatha in November.

SYMBOLISM. The mushroom can be a signifier to many themes, but in narrowing down on the more universal themes of mankind, a focus on death comes to my mind. Mushrooms are synonymous with the darker and seedier aspects of life, or should I say more specifically when that life ends.

The Symbolism of Mushrooms:

They are often associated with spiritual growth, enlightenment, and rebirth. The mushroom's life cycle, with its ability to emerge from darkness and decay, represents the cyclical nature of life, death, and transformation.

(slang) The glans penis.