• metallic_z3r0@infosec.pub
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    10 months ago

    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.

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      10 months ago

      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.