Depending where you come from it is also used in the context of calling a person, as in :Carol Townsend wrote:Don't worry Chief,
As far as I know, Elton has never been seen with a hairy mush.
I must tell you how pleased I am to see the word "mush", which I think is falling into dis-use. My dad used it, and I think he got it from Tony Hancock.
I am not, I hasten to add, implying that you are the same generation as my dad, who would have been eighty this year.
For the benefit of Gisela, Bill et al, "mush" means face!
"Hey Mush" or "Listen here Mush" with the Mush pronounced Moosh, hmm . . . . No not "Moo" as in cow type Moo, & also not as in Mosh but sort of in between. I'm confusing myself now so I will stop





