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m_‮f discuss.online m_f@discuss.online
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usualsuspect191 lemmy.ca usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-06
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I just realized I haven't seen the word "jism" in probably decades. When did it change to jizz?
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z3rOR0ne lemmy.ml z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2022-02-22
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usualsuspect191 wrote:
I just realized I haven't seen the word "jism" in probably decades. When did it change to jizz?

When somebody wished for it...it was me.
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binarytobis lemmy.world binarytobis@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-06-30
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usualsuspect191 wrote:
I just realized I haven't seen the word "jism" in probably decades. When did it change to jizz?

Maybe back when Star Wars first came out, and George called the cantina music “jizz”.
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m_‮f Moderator m_f@discuss.online
Joined: 2024-12-11
#5 · Quote Reply
usualsuspect191 wrote:
I just realized I haven't seen the word "jism" in probably decades. When did it change to jizz?

Hard to say, etymonline doesn't even show any results for jizz, and Wiktionary just notes that it's a clipping of jism.

Google Ngrams shows a more interesting plot, but it doesn't show the change happening decades ago, it's much more recent:
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Yosmonkol piefed.social Yosmonkol@piefed.social
Joined: 2026-02-07
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m_‮f wrote:
Hard to say, etymonline doesn't even show any results for jizz, and Wiktionary just notes that it's a clipping of jism. Google Ngrams shows a more interesting plot, but it doesn't show the change happening decades ago, it's much more recent:

I'd assume it has to do with the proliferation of porn streaming sites, circa 2005, but the ngrams graph seems to place the change a little later. Jism does seem old fashioned but I'm not sure why.
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