# \#ish **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 12, 2010, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ish/542935 "2010-06-12T18:10:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ish/542935/1 "2010-06-12T18:10:33Z")
So I’ve been seeing web-ads for a new initiative by the Jewish Federation of North America that ask “What’s your #ish?” By which they mean “What does it mean to you to be Jewish? And please tweet it” (thus the “#”). Which is a kind of cool and interesting question to ask people. But that’s not what this thread is about. This thread is about my initial reaction to seeing the construction “#ish”. Wouldn’t that be pronounced “ **hashish** ”? And how did the JFNA miss that? It gave me a chuckle, anyway, which is why this is in MPSIMS instead of one of the sober, serious forums like GQ or GD… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2010, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ish/542935/2 "2010-06-13T07:53:17Z")
My first thought was it meant “poundish” ---
**Author:** ![Juggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/juggler/32/3194_2.png) [@Juggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juggler)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2010, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ish/542935/3 "2010-06-13T08:22:54Z")
I opened this thread thinking it was about hashish. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2010, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ish/542935/4 "2010-06-13T10:58:59Z")
My thought would be “octothorpish” – which gives me this Stan Lee-esque image of Spidey vs. a football player who can carry the ball in one ‘hand’ while blocking opponent players with two others, etc. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2010, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ish/542935/5 "2010-06-13T11:41:25Z")
Could it be “sharpish”? ---
**Author:** ![QuercusMax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/8baadc/32.png) [@QuercusMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuercusMax)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2010, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ish/542935/6 "2010-06-13T16:13:15Z")
I also thought this thread was about hashish. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2010, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ish/542935/7 "2010-06-13T16:18:57Z")
Fracture-ish, which make zero-ish sense. ---
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2010, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ish/542935/8 "2010-06-13T16:23:50Z")
I nearly didn’t peek in. I thought it meant “number-ish,” as in mathematically inclined, which I am definitely not. Nor Jewish either. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2010, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ish/542935/9 "2010-06-13T16:40:34Z")
I thought numberish as well and thought this threat would be a rant about people who say “9ish”. I rarely have heard that symbol called the hash. ---
**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2010, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ish/542935/10 "2010-06-13T22:29:32Z")
All of my ish is #. ---
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2010, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ish/542935/11 "2010-06-13T22:34:25Z")
Otherwise you are rather numberish. yourself. Much better than being " Number. Ish." 😉 ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ish/542935/12 "2010-06-14T01:42:24Z")
> [@Number](#): > > All of my ish is #. All your ish are belong to #. ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ish/542935/13 "2010-06-14T03:36:05Z")
My kids have been saying “ish” lately to mean “sort of.” As in the following model dialogue: Me: Do you have any homework? Kid: Ish. ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ish/542935/14 "2010-06-14T04:03:26Z")
I assumed the thread was about Twitter, and I was at least half right. Or, you know, right-ish. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ish/542935/15 "2010-06-14T05:33:17Z")
I assumed it was about IRC, I guess I’m dating myself.