jism

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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jism (countable and uncountable, plural jisms)

  1. Spirit or energy.
  2. (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

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References

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  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.

Anagrams

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Uzbek

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic جِسْم (jism).

Noun

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jism (plural jismlar)

  1. body