Definition wanted

At 06:41 PM 10/22/98 -0700, David Robertson wrote:
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>LhaXiy at m!
>
>Hey, as I go thru this old manuscript by Fr. Griva, I find a term that's
>new to me in the Jargon.  He has the English word "fisic" and the Jargon
>expression "shit lametsin", if you'll excuse my French :-).
>
>Is this the word I've also seen as "physic" in English, and can anyone
>give me some background here?
>
>That's all for now.  Gotta go!  :-)

It doesn't surprise me that "fisic" overtook "lametsin", given the way
English supplanted other French loan-words throughout the Jargon ecumene
over time.  What area was Fr. Griva working in, by the way?

And what could be the Jargon derivation of the first component of "shit
lametsin" - that's what _I_ haven't seen before, although the sound of it
resonates.......

Mike C.
Mike Cleven
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