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jism en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈd͡ʒɪzəm/
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Etymology

Originally US English; first attested with the meaning “energy” in 1842, and with the meaning “semen” in c.1888. For semantic development, compare spunk. Perhaps ultimately from British dialect chism, chissom (“a shoot, sprout, sprig”). Unlikely to be related to Arabic جِسْم (jism, “body”) (or its derivative Hindi जिस्म (jisma)).

Meanings

1. (countable, dated, slang, uncountable) Spirit or energy.
2. (countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar) Semen.
   • He pulls his dick out and as a parting insult shakes the jism off the end onto her belly. 1941, Henry Miller, Under the Roofs of Paris (Opus Pistorum), New York: Grove Press, published 1983, page 50:
   • “[…] the girls in blue movies rub their faces in jism” 1981, John Updike, Rabbit is Rich:

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