Literary notes about Slosh (AI summary)
The word "slosh" is employed with striking versatility in literature, functioning both as onomatopoeia and as a metaphor. In one sense, it vividly captures the physical sound and sensation of liquid or mud moving—illustrated when characters wade through thick puddles or feel water splashing against them [1, 2, 3, 4]. In another, it conveys a kind of unrestrained sentimentality or gusto, as when a character is described engaging in overly sentimental talk or vigorous action [5, 6]. Its capacity to serve as both a noun and a verb, along with its playful, sometimes humorous applications, underscores how the term can encapsulate both the literal and figurative fluidity of experiences in varied narrative landscapes [7, 8].
- exclaimed Tremenheere; "back to billets; they changed at six o'clock, but it's heavy going—mostly wading in slosh."
— from The Road to MandalayA Tale of Burma by B. M. (Bithia Mary) Croker - Judd blinked as a sheet of cold water struck him slosh in the face.
— from Over the Line by Harold M. (Harold Morrow) Sherman - “Red!” came his low call, above the slosh of waves against the ship’s side.
— from Don Winslow of the Navy by Frank V. (Frank Victor) Martinek - A regular thaw had set in, and the streets were in a condition of 'slosh' that reminded me of Broadway in spring.
— from Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life by Thomas Wallace Knox - If there is one kind of man I hate it’s the man who talks clever, sentimental slosh.”
— from The Pride of Eve by Warwick Deeping - "A clever woman can always slosh round in sentimental slop with her head above it and cool.
— from The Cost by David Graham Phillips - [103] After the vowel we have very often the sound [ʃ] or [tʃ], as in trash , tosh , slosh , botch , patch ; cf.
— from Language: Its Nature, Development and Origin by Otto Jespersen - But still he went on patiently, slowly, and continuously; splash, splash; slosh, slosh!
— from The West Indies and the Spanish Main by Anthony Trollope