Party, get-together, hangout, bash; social circle, crowd. Derived from the verb тусоваться (to hang out, to party), which originated in Soviet youth, hippie, and criminal slang during the 1970s and 1980s. The term is heavily rooted in the card-playing verb тасовать (to shuffle cards), metaphorically describing a crowd of people constantly mixing, moving around, and mingling in one place. In modern everyday Russian, it is one of the most common colloquial nouns for any kind of social gathering, ranging from a wild club party to a casual hangout with friends (вчера была отличная туса — “yesterday there was a great party”). It can also refer to a specific subculture, clique, or professional social circle (кинематографическая туса — “the filmmaking crowd”).
Ну да, сексуальна, отдает пошлостью и дерзостью изо всех дыр, но ведь их хрен удержишь, если речь пойдет о семейной жизни. Вечные тусы, тугие подруги, клубы, мальчики, ля ля фа фа, вечные оправдания, тонкий «Винстон», проблемы с мамой и пять миллиардов пар сапог и туфель.
Yes, she’s sexy, oozing boldness and sass from every pore, but you can’t hold onto them when it comes to family life. Endless parties, tight-knit girlfriends, clubs, boys, blah blah, endless excuses, slim “Winston” cigarettes, issues with her mum, and five billion pairs of boots and shoes.
(Евгений Воробьев @ vkontakte.ru, 06/2011)
