Jerk

Tyrannosauruschex

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14 Nov 07

Zadadka

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14 Nov 07

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Originally posted by Palynka
You misspelled more. Twice.

I know.
I was distracted by jerking 😞

(EDIT : Smiley change)

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14 Nov 07

Originally posted by Tyrannosauruschex
You know how americans (and even sometimes people from other countries) like to call people a jerk.
I was wondering to myself, is that something to do with jerk beef or does it have a different meaning?

I always preferred jerkwad. It sounds like they actually accomplished something.

tomtom232

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19 Nov 07

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Originally posted by Sunburnt
Jerk is the less offensive word you might use here for someone.

I am from America and I never here people say jerk. What we say is F@#$ off Jacka$$ or just plain Jacka$$ or the even more simplified A$$

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19 Nov 07

Originally posted by tomtom232
I am from America and I never here people say jerk. What we say is F@#$ off Jacka$$ or just plain Jacka$$ or the even more simplified A$$

I say jerk... where are you from, Detroit?

Anonymousnumber1

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19 Nov 07

i say it when i'm kidding around

it's a light hearted word, for me

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19 Nov 07

Originally posted by Tyrannosauruschex
You know how americans (and even sometimes people from other countries) like to call people a jerk.
I was wondering to myself, is that something to do with jerk beef or does it have a different meaning?

From an online etymology dictionary:

"tedious and ineffectual person," Amer.Eng. carnival slang, perhaps from jerkwater town (1878), where a steam locomotive crew had to take on boiler water from a trough or a creek because there was no water tank. This led 1890s to an adj. use of jerk as "inferior, insignificant."

tomtom232