Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2002 22:45:39 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Sherry Peruzzi Subject: Re: Jizz? MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Nobody really knows for sure how the term "jizz" originated, although the origin Steve cites is probably the most likely candidate. There's a detailed explanation of both the meaning and the etymology of the word here: http://menura.cse.unsw.edu.au:1080/1995/08/msg00056.html Sherry Peruzzi Howard County bookworms /at/ comcast /dot/ net (address written for spam avoidance -- substitute symbols as appropriate) Steve Huy wrote: > I believe the origin of this term comes from GISS, General Impression Size > and Shape. Pronounced as "jizz" and later misspelled as well. > > And I'm not making this one up. I think I learned it from Pete Dunne. ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================