gist/just eggcorn?

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Urban dictionary has an entry for: "just of it"
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=just%20of%20it

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just of it

to gain suffient knowledge on a certain subject
"i believe paige has got the just of it." says sakku kakku.
"yes, she knows whats up!" exclaimed britney.

by awtistic boy18 Apr 12, 2008
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Maybe the rationale for using the word "just" involves obtaining or
imparting "just enough knowledge"?

Here is a question and two answers on Yahoo! Answers:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080521083138AAbBXpm

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Which phrase is correct, "I get the just of it," or "I get the jist of it"?

Best Answer - Chosen by Voters
It's GIST
   40% 2 Votes
    5 years ago

Jist!
    5 years ago
0% 0 Votes

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Here is a comment added to the word "gist" at the Merriam-Webster.
This comment, in my opinion, provides evidence that "just" may only be
a spelling error for some people.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gist

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Lyndel Littleton · Worship Pastor at Hilldale Baptist Church
I was using it in an e-mail and it showed "jist" as an incorrectly
spelled word, so I was looking for the proper spelling. Ha! Never
thought of it starting with a "g." Perhaps because here in the South
people say "jist" for "just" all the time.
· October 29, 2012 at 7:25am
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Eggcorn Forum
'just' for 'gist'
http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/forum/viewtopic.php?id=1039


On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 9:59 AM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Subject:      Re: gist/just eggcorn?
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> Doubtful. There's evidence for gist/just in the wild, so it's not a
> single occurrence.
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>      VS-)
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> On 6/21/2013 8:35 AM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
>> At 6/21/2013 05:13 AM, Victor Steinbok wrote:
>>>  From a post in Beer Advocate discussions:
>>>
>>>> I mean, ppl may be searching for different answers than me with beer,
>>>> but I know that when I've tried over 100 recipes of each style of
>>>> beer, I've found the just of it.
>> The must?
>> JSB
>>
>>
>>> This has come up on the Eggcorn Forum but was never entered into the
>>> database.
>>
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