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scuzz

  [skuhz] Slang.
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–noun
1. Also called scuzz⋅ball [skuz-bawl] , scuzz⋅buck⋅et [skuhz-buhk-it] . a dirty, grimy, sordid, or repulsive person or thing.
–adjective
2. scuzzy.
Origin:
1965–70; prob. by back formation from scuzzy, though relative chronology of coinage uncert.

scuzz⋅y

  [skuhz-ee]
–adjective, scuzz⋅i⋅er, scuzz⋅i⋅est. Slang.
dirty, grimy, sordid, or repulsive; disgusting.
Also, scuzz.

Origin:
1965–70; expressive coinage; cf. similar phonetic components of scum, fuzzy, lousy, sleazy
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scuz(z) [skəz]

  1. n.
    filth. : What is this scuzz all over the floor?
  2. n.
    a nasty person; an undesirable person; a scraggly person. : And this scuzz comes up to me and asks me to dance, and I'm like, “What?”
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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scuzzy [ˈskəzi]

  1. mod.
    repellent; unkempt. : His clothes are always so scuzzy. He probably keeps them in a pile in his room.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

scuzzy 
1968, N.Amer. colloquial, perhaps a blend of scummy and fuzzy. First attested use is in ref. to Ratso Rizzo in "Midnight Cowboy."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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