[Ads-l] Antedating of "Jump" (Verb, To Be Full of Excitement or Enjoyment)

Sat Dec 27 14:22:59 UTC 2025

"The Joint is Jumpin"  is presumably the song by Fats Waller, first 
released
October 20 1937.

https://secondhandsongs.com/work/44062/all

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKe6yH3ZwGo

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From "Shapiro, Fred" <00001ac016895344-dmarc-request at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
To ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Date 26/12/2025 22:02:11
Subject Antedating of "Jump" (Verb, To Be Full of Excitement or 
Enjoyment)

>jump, v. (OED, 1.h., c1938)
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>1937 Illinois State Register 9 Dec. 17/2 (Genealogy Bank)  The Joint is Jumping certainly was a grand surprise and made the Swing Appreciation club sit up and take notice.  Conducted by Don Hill, it takes to the air each weekday at 11:30 p.m.
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>1937 New York Age 11 Dec. 2/4 (Newspapers.com)  HITTING THE SPOTS SECOND WARD DEMOCRATS BREAKFAST DANCE.  (Thanksgiving Eve.) — The Joint is jumping, Joe.
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>Fred Shapiro
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