ginsu means A kind of sharp kitchen knife. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 92 out of 100.
ginsu is pronounced /ˈɡɪnsuː/.
Etymology
Marketing coinage, intended to evoke the idea of Japanese samurai swords.
noun
- A kind of sharp kitchen knife.“The yearning a man feels when he watches the Food Network springs from the same well of forbidden fantasies that led to Michael Douglas' fiasco-fling with a Ginsu-wielding Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction, except that now there's a 180-degree twist.”