bus up

vb

to attack, beat up. A term used by young street-gang members in London since around 2000. It is probably an Afro-Caribbean pronunciation of 'bust up' or imitation thereof. butch adj

a.

tough, strong and assertive. The term is now often used humorously or to express mild derision; it probably comes from 'Butch' as a male nickname first heard at the end of the 19th century in the USA, which in turn probably derives from butcher.

b.

assertively masculine in behaviour and/or appearance. The term, typically applied disapprovingly or derisively, is used about heterosexual women, lesbians and gay men. During the 1950s the word had a narrower sense of a 'masculine' (active) rather than a 'feminine' (passive) partner in a homosexual relationship, or of a lesbian who behaved and dressed like a man; in this sense butch was also used as a noun.