- “That picture of you and your family is so presh!” –spoken by a friend
Presh
adjective; clipping
Clipping of the word precious, meaning treasured or valued. Often used in slang speech to describe something or a situation that is cute or endearing.
Etymology : Clipping from precious, meaning value or worth in Latin "pretium", adjective form "pretiosus", taken into Old French in the mid 13th century as "precios", meaning honorable or of great worth. First recorded in the 14th century in English to mean over-refined. (etymonline.com)
Source : conversation with friend
Last modified: 25 November 2013