"spoofy" and "shimming" in Utah, 1919

[Victor Steinbok]

Speaking of jolly:

>  III. 7. a. Amorous; amatory; wanton, lustful.
>  b. Of animals: In heat. Obs. exc. dial.

Oddly enough, no "jolly" in this sense for noun. Jolly n.4 comes the
closest, although it overlaps other adjective meanings:

> colloq.  Short for jollification n.; so, a thrill of enjoyment or
> excitement, as in phr. *to get one's jollies*. Also jollyo, jolly-up.
> Cf. jollo n.

Cassell's Dict. of Slang is much more direct:

> orgasm

A simple search for "jollies off" shows a lot of "getting jollies off"
in the latter sense and very little in the former. Why beat around the bush?

     VS-)


On 3/6/2011 3:35 PM, Victor Steinbok wrote:
> ...
> The latter seems to be nearly identical to some British uses of
> "jolly" (but this one shows up much earlier).

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