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If "jazz" was the past tense of "jizz" then "jazz hands" would take on a whole new meaning.

posted by ScorpioGlitch on ShowerThoughts

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[–] [Deleted] 5 points (+5|-0)

Interesting enough the etymology of jazz shows it was dirived from jizz.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_(word)

[–] ScorpioGlitch [OP] 2 points (+2|-0)

Whoa. TIL.

[–] [Deleted] 1 points (+1|-0)

I forget where I read that, but only recently found out myself.

[–] E-werd 1 points (+1|-0)

Same with "piss" and "pass". I can't readily think of anything that legitimately follows this pattern though.

[–] ScorpioGlitch [OP] 0 points (+0|-0)

"He just made a pass at me."

EW!

[–] E-werd 1 points (+1|-0)

"Johnny passed me in the hallway, then latter I passed him."

[–] ScorpioGlitch [OP] 0 points (+0|-0)

At the jazz concert.

[–] GuyIDisagreeWith 0 points (+0|-0)

And there is a sub-genre of jazz known as "scat".

[–] ScorpioGlitch [OP] 1 points (+1|-0)

Scat hands? I'm not sure I like where this is going.

Posted by ScorpioGlitch
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