There are many slang words that are often used and undocumented. The word �mush� has many different meanings dating back before the 19th Century by the Dutch (�mush�OED). Even through the years the meaning does not mean today what it meant back then. The new word �mush� is continuing to grow as well as other slang words to describe nouns and expressions better and will continue to for the next generation.
Mush started as porridge made with meal boiled in water or milk until it thickens. Around the 1840�s mush became a state of matter that was soft or mashed. Not until 1859 did mush changed meanings again, to mean the mouth and then later to indicate the whole head. Some people described another as a mush-head, meaning that one lacked firmness (�mush�OED). Even today, now in the 20th Century, if you were to tell a person that they have mush they still might not know what you meant by �mush.� There are so many slang words used and created everyday that it is to hard to know the meaning of them all. There for slang dictionaries were created to help people pick up on the lingo used by different people, but mush is not found in a dictionary yet.
Mush is a word created by one of my friends to describe the facial expression and feeling of embarrassment and excitement. It is most commonly related to a funny facial form or blushing. For instance, after and attractive person of your interest talks to you and you turn pink or have that glistening look, one might say you have mush. Or another example might be, if you are telling a story and spit while talking and everyone one laughs at the spit flying out your mouth, a person might get mush. I hear the term �mush� being used more often, and it has only begun to build with time. In the future mush is going to be a popular as the slang words cool or dope.
Slang words are terms created by people to describe something, someone or an experience they have gone through. It is much easier to identify a facial expression and emotional feeling as having mush, than saying that their cheeks turned pink, their eyes got big and a grin grew across their face. Besides slang words are considered cool and by being hip or in style and cool in a since of being accepting of others. Slang is used around your friends and is used in informal environments and avoided in formal settings. When you use slang it is not only more efficient but reinforces and sends the message that we are friends (www.csupomona.edu).
The expression mush has many variations and has been traced back over a century ago. It has been used as slang and still is being used as slang today. The word �mush� is only going to grow and is a precise word to describe the facial expression of having mush. It is a young word and should be published, so mush can start being used by everyone to help efficiently illustrate the blush stage better and give a clearer image.