English
jizz
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɪz/
Etymology 1

The earliest known appearance in print dates from 1922, in Thomas Coward's "Country Diary" column for the Manchester Guardian of 6 December 1921; the piece was subsequently included in his 1922 book Bird Haunts and Nature Memories.

if we are walking on the road and see, far ahead, someone whom we recognise although we can neither distinguish features nor particular clothes, we may be certain that we are not mistaken; there is something in the carriage, the walk, the general appearance which is familiar; it is, in fact, the individual's jizz.

There are several theories as to the etymology of “jizz”:

  • From the military term GIS ("general impression and shape").
  • Possible contraction of just is (in the sense that a particular bird species “just is” that species).

    An essay by Greenwood and Greenwood in 2018 debunks these theories. Other suggestions include variants of guise, gist and gestalt (mispronounced).

Noun

jizz (uncountable)

  1. (ornithology, birdwatching) The physical and behavioural characteristics of a bird that enable it to be immediately recognised by an experienced birder as a certain type of bird, especially to family or genus level.
Etymology 2

Variation or shortening of jism.

Noun

jizz (uncountable)

  1. (vulgar slang) Male ejaculate; sperm, semen.
Synonyms Translations Verb

jizz (jizzes, present participle jizzing; simple past and past participle jizzed)

  1. (intransitive, slang) To ejaculate; to eject semen.
  2. (transitive, slang) To ejaculate on, over, or into; to cover in semen.
Synonyms Translations

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