josh

See also: Josh and Josh.

English

Etymology

Disputed origin, first attested in the mid-19th century. The earliest example is capitalized, therefore is likely derived from the proper name Joshua.

Noun

josh (plural joshes)

1. An instance of good-natured banter.

Verb

josh (third-person singular simple present joshes, present participle joshing, simple past and past participle joshed)

1. (transitive) To tease someone in a kindly or friendly fashion.
   • 1915, Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, Uneasy Money, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton and Company, published 17 March 1916, →OCLC, page 171:

     "My dear Polly. I welcome criticism, but this is mere——"
     Lady Wetherby stroked his coat sleeve fondly.
     "Never mind, Algie, I was only joshing you, precious. […] "

2. (intransitive) To make or exchange good-natured jokes.
   • 1902, Jack London, chapter XIV, in A Daughter of the Snows:

     We are old friends, did I not tell you? So I may, what you Americans call, josh with him.

   • 1910, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “The Girl and the Habit”, in Strictly Business: More Stories of the Four Million, New York, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, →OCLC:

     “Cut that joshing out,” she said, coolly and briskly. “Who do you think you are talking to? Your check, please. Oh, Lordy!—”

   • 2013 September 13, Russell Brand, “Russell Brand and the GQ awards”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Boris, it seems, is taking it in this spirit, joshing beneath his ever-redeeming barnet that Labour's opposition to military action in Syria is a fey stance that he, as GQ politician of the year, would never be guilty of.

Translations

(transitive) To tease someone in a kindly fashion

• Bulgarian: шегувам се (šeguvam se), майтапя се (majtapja se)
• Georgian: გახუმრება (gaxumreba), წახუმრება (c̣axumreba)
• Russian: подшучивать (ru) (podšučivatʹ), разы́грывать (ru) (razýgryvatʹ)

(intransitive) To make or exchange good-natured jokes

Derived terms

• josher
• joshingly

See also

• rogan josh

References

• “josh”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *jāudsja, from Proto-Indo-European *Hyewdʰ- (compare Lithuanian jáudinti (“to excite, arouse”), Polish judzić (“to incite”), Latin jubere (“to order”)).

Verb

josh (aorist josha, participle joshur) (transitive)

1. to fondle, caress
2. to entice, seduce

Conjugation

Standard Albanian conjugation of josh (active voice)

• Show compound tenses:  

		participle		joshur
		gerund		duke joshur
		infinitive		për të joshur
singular			plural
1st pers.	2nd pers.	3rd pers.	1st pers.	2nd pers.	3rd pers.
indicative	present	josh	josh	josh	joshim	joshni	joshin
	imperfect	joshja	joshje	joshte	joshnim	joshnit	joshnin
	aorist	josha	joshe	joshi	joshëm	joshët	joshën
perfect	kam joshur	ke joshur	ka joshur	kemi joshur	keni joshur	kanë joshur
past perfect	kisha joshur	kishe joshur	kishte joshur	kishim joshur	kishit joshur	kishin joshur
aorist II	pata joshur	pate joshur	pati joshur	patëm joshur	patët joshur	patën joshur
future1	do të josh	do të joshësh	do të joshë	do të joshim	do të joshni	do të joshin
future perfect2	do të kem joshur	do të kesh joshur	do të ketë joshur	do të kemi joshur	do të keni joshur	do të kenë joshur
subjunctive	present	të josh	të joshësh	të joshë	të joshim	të joshni	të joshin
imperfect	të joshja	të joshje	të joshte	të joshnim	të joshnit	të joshnin
perfect	të kem joshur	të kesh joshur	të ketë joshur	të kemi joshur	të keni joshur	të kenë joshur
past perfect	të kisha joshur	të kishe joshur	të kishte joshur	të kishim joshur	të kishit joshur	të kishin joshur
conditional1, 2	imperfect	do të joshja	do të joshje	do të joshte	do të joshnim	do të joshnit	do të joshnin
	past perfect	do të kisha joshur	do të kishe joshur	do të kishte joshur	do të kishim joshur	do të kishit joshur	do të kishin joshur
optative	present	joshsha	joshsh	joshtë	joshshim	joshshi	joshshin
perfect	paça joshur	paç joshur	pastë joshur	paçim joshur	paçit joshur	paçin joshur
admirative	present	joshkam	joshke	joshka	joshkemi	joshkeni	joshkan
	imperfect	joshkësha	joshkëshe	joshkësh	joshkëshim	joshkëshit	joshkëshin
perfect	paskam joshur	paske joshur	paska joshur	paskemi joshur	paskeni joshur	paskan joshur
past perfect	paskësha joshur	paskëshe joshur	paskësh joshur	paskëshim joshur	paskëshit joshur	paskëshin joshur
imperative	present	—	josh	—	—	joshni	—
1) indicative future identical with conditional present 2) indicative future perfect identical with conditional perfect

Derived terms

• joshë

Further reading

• “josh”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[2], 1980
• Newmark, Leonard (1999), “josh”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[3], Oxford: Oxford University Press