shu-shu, adjective

colloquial

a. Hot.

[1964 G. Gordon Four People 105‘Ushushu!’ explained someone in the Xhosa idiom.]

1994 M.G. McCoy Informant, Grahamstown (now Makhanda, Eastern Cape)Have a piece of chicken, David — careful, it’s shu-shu.

b. Special collocation

shushu broekies noun phrase [see broekies], a joking name for ‘hot pants’ or tight shorts for girls.

1971 Grocott’s Mail 23 Nov. 1 (advt)Hot-pants or Shu-shu broekies. Call them what you may but see our selection now.

Hot.

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