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William Hupy
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Jostle

Postby William Hupy » Thu Sep 27, 2018 1:19 pm

Originally justle. To knock against as in joust. This originally meant “to have sex”. As I recall jazz originally meant the same. There is no end to verbs for that activity.
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Re: Jostle

Postby Slava » Sat Feb 27, 2021 11:38 am

Taken up and treated here.
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