jism

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Originally US English; first attested with the meaning “energy” in 1842, and with the meaning “semen” in c.1888.^[1] For semantic development, compare spunk. Perhaps ultimately from British dialect chism, chissom (“a shoot, sprout, sprig”).^[2]

Unlikely to be related to Arabic جِسْم (jism, “body”) (or its Hindi derivative जिस्म (jisma)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɪzəm/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Rhymes: -ɪzəm

Noun

jism (countable and uncountable, plural jisms)

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

Translations

semen — see jizz

References

^ “jism”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present
^ James Lambert The Macquarie Australian Slang Dictionary (Sydney: Macquarie Library) 2004, page 114.

Anagrams

Jims

Uzbek

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جِسْم (jism).

Noun

jism (plural jismlar)

body

[Green's_Dictionary_of_Slang-1] “jism”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present

[2] James Lambert The Macquarie Australian Slang Dictionary (Sydney: Macquarie Library) 2004, page 114.

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