thish noun2 •(slang, old-fashioned) A self-reference to the current issue of a periodical.Much thanks to those of you who were going to write for thish, but failed to make the deadline. Deadline nextish is July 1966... — 1961 •(slang, old-fashioned) A reference to the specific issue of a periodical currently under discussion.Thish of TWS was really a shock to me, and I'm not pulling any punches! — 1953