minus-square@metallic_z3r0@infosec.publinkfedilink11•5 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@juliebean@lemm.eelinkfedilink3•5 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.
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.
Had? Still has.