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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink11•8 months agoJazz has the same etymology, comes from jasm (meaning the same as jism, i.e. semen). At the time it also meant spirit/energy; spunk, or spunky, also had this dual meaning.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•8 months agoi had to look it up to confirm and i was so sure you had to be making shit up, but i am delighted to have been wrong.
Jazz has the same etymology, comes from jasm (meaning the same as jism, i.e. semen). At the time it also meant spirit/energy; spunk, or spunky, also had this dual meaning.
Had? Still has.
i had to look it up to confirm and i was so sure you had to be making shit up, but i am delighted to have been wrong.