zhuzhhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zhuzh_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezhuzh, n.
First published 2020

zhuzhnoun

slang.
  1. 1968–
    Style, glamour; a stylish or glamorous appearance or effect. Also: the action or an act of making something more stylish, attractive, or exciting. Cf. zhuzh v.
    Originally used among gay men, apparently in Polari slang.
    In earliest use with the sense ‘(style of) clothing’.
    1. 1968
      Julian. Let's have a vada at his zhush. Mr. Horne. Clothing. That's translator's note.
      B. Took et al. in B. Took & M. Coward, Best of ‘Round the Horne’ (2000) 4th Ser. Episode 4. 192/1
    2. 1973
      A zhush of georgette negligee and a pair of gold lame thigh boots are about all many of the lovelies deem necessary as equipment.
      Quorum No. 8 13/2
    3. 1987
      An elegantly dressed young man..offers another towel followed by a comb and hair dryer to put the zhoosh back into your quiff.
      OutRage (Australia) October 25/3
    4. 1995
      My image needs a bit of a zhoozh, as stylists say.
      Independent (Nexis) 11 November 61
    5. 2019
      It's a good time to think of giving your dressing table a bit of a ‘zhuzh’.
      Daily Rec. & Sunday Mail (Nexis) 16 November 31

zhuzh, n. was first published in December 2020.

zhuzh, n. was last modified in July 2023.