English
jerkoff
Jerkoff comes from English off ‘to masturbate’.
- English1500–presentoff‘to masturbate’
- Englishearliest quotation 1935jerkoff
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- English1500–presentoff‘to masturbate’
- Englishearliest quotation 1935jerkoff
Earliest quotation: 1935, S. Z. Orgel, Nicknames of Institutional Children: “[…]Slob or Slop for a dirty child, Beans for…”
Every English word from English off
Today it means
noun Someone who behaves obnoxiously, rudely, inappropriately, or is ignorant of certain social norms, usually a male.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / English off / jerkoff