MISS, n. The title with which we brand unmarried women to indicate that they are in the market. Let us be consistent and [also] give one to the unmarried man. I venture to suggest Mush, abbreviated to Mh.
Source: The Devil's Dictionary, 1911.
-- Ambrose Bierce, (Jun 24 1842-1914), US journalist, short-story writer; He was a noted wit, satirist and sardonic short story writer who disappeared while covering the Mexican revolution.