genny

== English == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɛni === Etymology 1 === Clipping of gentrifier + -y (diminutive suffix). ==== Noun ==== genny (plural gennies) (slang) A person from the suburbs who moves to a low-income urban area. === Etymology 2 === Clipping of generator + -y (diminutive suffix). ==== Noun ==== genny (plural gennies) (slang) A generator (“device that converts mechanical to electrical energy”). Synonym: gen == Hungarian == === Etymology === Back-formation from genyett (“contemptible, base, vile”), created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries. The origin of the adjective genyett is unclear. Perhaps borrowed from a Slavic language. Compare Serbo-Croatian gnjiti. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɡɛɲː] Hyphenation: genny Rhymes: -ɛɲː === Noun === genny (plural gennyek) pus (a whitish-yellow or yellow substance composed primarily of dead white blood cells and dead pyogenic bacteria; normally found in regions of bacterial infection) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === genny in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.