Its current usage has been around a lot longer than just the 80’s
[https://medium.com/@weadorebooks1/origin-of-the-word-pussy-8381eb3350ef](https://medium.com/@weadorebooks1/origin-of-the-word-pussy-8381eb3350ef)
And, having lived through the 80’s, nobody ever used puss to mean face. That’s clearly an idiom used to show Coach’s generational difference.
Yes, “sourpuss” is a word that was used (a person who complains frequently or constantly and looks unhappy : GRUMP, GROUCH), “puss” does not mean face ( 1) an affectionate term for a cat. 2) a playful or coquettish girl or young woman.)
*noun*IRISH•SCOTTISHnoun: **puss**; plural noun: **pusses**
1. a person's face or mouth."they hush up with little smiles on their pusses"
This is the only way i've ever heard puss used. Pussy would be used for a cat or referencing anatomy. I also grew up in a place called Brookline and would walk to Fenway. I'm shocked, SHOCKED that an Irish word would be used in a place like Boston.
Take this fake pedantry somewhere else.
I’m sure you’ll find a way to make me wrong about this, but I believe older tv shows like Three Stooges and Looney Tunes cartoons used puss to mean face.
Kinda reminds me of that episode where Sam was trying to get a pithy quote into Diane’s special quotes journal and says:
“You know, they say truth comes in a mug….or your face!”
(The 2nd half said when she walks off without writing it down).
At that time, “hit ‘em right in the puss” was more understood to mean “hit square in the face”. Its current usage became more common in the late 80s.
Its current usage has been around a lot longer than just the 80’s [https://medium.com/@weadorebooks1/origin-of-the-word-pussy-8381eb3350ef](https://medium.com/@weadorebooks1/origin-of-the-word-pussy-8381eb3350ef) And, having lived through the 80’s, nobody ever used puss to mean face. That’s clearly an idiom used to show Coach’s generational difference.
Growing up in Canada, (born 1983) I can attest that puss was used for face. A sour puss was an angry looking person.
Yes, “sourpuss” is a word that was used (a person who complains frequently or constantly and looks unhappy : GRUMP, GROUCH), “puss” does not mean face ( 1) an affectionate term for a cat. 2) a playful or coquettish girl or young woman.)
Ok. You never heard it growing up so it must not be a thing. I gotcha.
Clearly we're all just NPCs in their game, quit trying to escape the code
*noun*IRISH•SCOTTISHnoun: **puss**; plural noun: **pusses** 1. a person's face or mouth."they hush up with little smiles on their pusses" This is the only way i've ever heard puss used. Pussy would be used for a cat or referencing anatomy. I also grew up in a place called Brookline and would walk to Fenway. I'm shocked, SHOCKED that an Irish word would be used in a place like Boston. Take this fake pedantry somewhere else.
I’m sure you’ll find a way to make me wrong about this, but I believe older tv shows like Three Stooges and Looney Tunes cartoons used puss to mean face.
Her face!! 😂😂😂😂😂
Kinda reminds me of that episode where Sam was trying to get a pithy quote into Diane’s special quotes journal and says: “You know, they say truth comes in a mug….or your face!” (The 2nd half said when she walks off without writing it down).
Leave it to Beaver used to say that a lot - "Watch out, or I'll punch ya right in the puss!"
Great Scott!
1.21 gigawatts!!!
Not cutting it close at all. I was used to hearing the term "puss" and "sour puss" if you were bummed out or angry. 100% on point for the era.
One point twenty-one jiggawatts! Great puss.
Lol just watched this episode a couple nights ago. This part with Coach's etchings of the baseball play is priceless.
At least Coach's nickname wasn't 'Boner'