Re: Words, Words, Words

On 7/12/2012 7:39 PM, Ian Walden wrote:
> In your message regarding Re: Words, Words, Words dated 12/07/2012, Ellen
> Rawson said ...
>
>> I was looking at a British/American English slang dictionary that basically
>> says 'tosser' is an equivalent for 'douchebag', but it doesn't seem quite as
>> strong.
>
> Curious - I've always taken "tosser" to be a slightly milder version of
> "wanker", since it effectively means the same thing. the phrase "tossing
> oneself off" meaning to masturbate. So, I would have thought it closer to
> the American term "jerk", since I believe "jerking off" is a phrase for
> masturbation.

But a jerk is a sudden movement, or, more commonly, an idiot type
person. Yes, jerking off is used for masturbation, but the work jerk is
associated less with that than with the first two definitions.


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Jen
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