What it means
Lush is a go-to compliment meaning gorgeous, lovely, or just top-notch. You can call a person lush, a meal lush, even the weather lush when it finally behaves. It started life as a normal English word meaning rich or luxuriant, but in everyday chat it’s basically a verbal thumbs-up. In Welsh banter it often sits alongside tidy and proper for extra emphasis.
Usage examples
"Alright butt, that new bar by the station is lush. Had a cracking pint and the chips were tidy. We’re going back Friday."
"The little bakery does a lush custard slice, and on a sunny afternoon with a coffee outside it feels like a proper treat."
Where it comes from
From the ordinary English lush, rich and green like overgrown grass. Wales and the west country borrowed the lushness for everyday praise, so now a lush meal or a lush day is simply gorgeous.
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