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no headword template, sense "the pronunciation may be interpreted as "horny" – Jberkel 08:34, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
- I'm tempted to speedy this as blatant bullshit. Does any Sinitic language have /s/ at the end of a syllable? —Mahāgaja (formerly Angr) · talk 08:49, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
- Other than Old Chinese, I'm not aware of any dialect with /s/ at the end of a syllable (other than in some loanwords, like X光, which could be pronounced as iks1 gwong1 in Cantonese). — justin(r)leung { (t...) | c=› } 04:30, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
- Speedied as blatant nonsense. Wyang (talk) 05:41, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
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Current etymology says it's "from an Afrikaans slang word for 'horny'." Which term is that, and is it used in an English context (as oppose to code-switching or similar? --217.229.67.107 21:22, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
- This word features a few times at w:List of South African slang words. Most significantly, under "List of Afrikanerisms" we have:
- jux/juks/jags – Meaning "horny". For example, "Jinne meisie, jy maak my nou sommer lekker jags."
- We have an entry for jags. Urban Dictionary (the November 2, 2009 entry) and this slightly NSFW tweet (noting the meaning of piel) suggest the spelling jas is in use in English, although finding durably archived cites may be a challenge. This, that and the other (talk) 10:35, 26 April 2022 (UTC)
RFV-failed Kiwima (talk) 03:21, 4 June 2022 (UTC)