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▪ I. josh, v. slang (orig. U.S.).|dʒɒʃ|
Also joss.
[Cf. Josh Billings, pseudonym of an American humorist.]
1. trans. To make fun of, chaff, banter, ridicule.
1852Lantern (N.Y.) I. 199/2 The squint eyed chap's been jossin' ye. 1891Century Mag. Nov. 63 ‘Oh go away..I fear that you are joshing me’. 1895Weekly Examiner 19 Sept. 4/2 The boys joshed Mr. Durrant some about it. 1921Wodehouse Indiscretions of Archie vi. 54 Are you trying to josh me? 1927J. Devanny Old Savage 30 They jossed him in the usual way about his proverbial amours. 1940L. A. G. Strong Sun on Water 58 Though every now and then she'd remember and clap a hand to her mouth, we'd soon josh her out of it. 1950C. M. Kornbluth in D. Knight 100 Yrs. Sci. Fiction (1969) 249 A humorous sergeant, the Mindworm was pleased to note, joshed the loafer out of his temper. 1972P. H. Kocher Master of Middle-Earth (1973) v. 107 When Pippin and Merry are reunited with their comrades..Gimli joshes them over and over as ‘truants’ who had to be rescued.
2. intr. To indulge in banter or ridicule.
1845St. Louis Reveille 19 Apr. 2/4 Look out in future, and if you must Josh, why, give a private one. 1887F. Francis Saddle & Mocassin 185 He..liked nothing better than to..chin and josh [note, chat and joke] with them in his funereal fashion. 1905Amer. Illustr. Mag. Dec. 214, I was jus' joshin', mother, 'cause I 'spect all your plans are made. 1958J. G. MacGregor North-West of 16 xiv. 195 Each, according to his outlook on life, grumbled or whined, laughed or ‘joshed’. 1963Guardian 25 Jan. 9/4 The bearded Alberts tootle and joss with a goon-like ebullience. 1966J. Dos Passos Best Times (1968) i. 13 I'd huddle in acute misery while he joshed with the waiters.
Hence ˈjosher, ˈjoshing vbl. n. and ppl. a., ˈjoshingly adv.
1864in Ohio Arch. & Hist. Q. LII. 175 The Bay was rough; thirty minutes out and the boys began to get sick. There was a good deal of joshing. 1899F. Norris McTeague iv. 57 What a josher was this Marcus! Sure, you never could tell what he would do next. 1909R. A. Wason Happy Hawkins xxii. 263 Dick was smilin' now..an' makin' funny, joshin' remarks. 1921Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 25 Mar. 4/3 Indifference is blazingly conspicuous by the small audiences that attend pre-election meetings; also the joshing manner in which the electors speak to and about the candidates. 1924Wodehouse Bill the Conqueror xvii. 273 Miss Stryker formally stamped him with the seal of her approval as ‘a good kid’. And..it is but a step from being a good kid to being..a great old josher. 1948V. Palmer Golconda xi. 85 It was only Donovan's energy and easy joshing that carried the day with them. 1957― Seedtime 122 Donovan had said joshingly to the..conductor..‘Well, how's this strike of yours going?’ 1959J. Thurber Years with Ross ii. 21 The intramural joshing turns up everywhere in the crumbling documents. 1966H. Marriott Cariboo Cowboy viii. 75 This P.G.E., or ‘Please Go Easy’ as some smart joshers called it, started its way at Squamish on Howe Sound. 1970B. Spock Decent & Indecent 18 There has been a trend in social gatherings to substitute loud joshing and playful insults for conversation. 1972P. Dickinson Lizard in Cup xi. 172 Buck maintained his peculiar brand of joshing bonhomie.
▪ II. josh, n. U.S. slang.|dʒɒʃ|
[f. the vb.]
A piece of banter or badinage; a good-natured or bantering joke. Also as adj., ridiculous.
1878F. H. Hart Sazerac Lying Club 57 Be there anything in this..or aint it only one of them ‘joshes’ they get up in the Reveille sometimes? 1896Ade Artie iii. 30 That ain't no josh, neither. 1908G. H. Lorimer Jack Spurlock iii. 40 First, I sat there chuckling, but by and by I began to forget the josh end of it I had joined [the union] for, and to remember my own grievances against the house. 1948Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 12 June 19/1 We found him tired-eyed and peaked,..not a man for josh and chatter. 1959J. Thurber Years with Ross ii. 20, I shall spare you the New Yorker's prospectus, drawn up in..1924, except for..‘There will be a personal mention column... This will contain some josh.’ |