rejerk

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ jerk.

Verb

rejerk (third-person singular simple present rejerks, present participle rejerking, simple past and past participle rejerked)

1. (transitive, rare) To jerk or haul again.
   • 1841, Punch, Or, The London Charivari, volume 1, page 148:

     […] and the same individual who had jerked Mr. Adolphus Cassy into the dock, rejerked him into the middle of the court.

   • 2001, Chantal Thomson, Different Horizons: An Anthology of African Verse, page 135:

     […] to rejerk the life into your dehydrated soul.

2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (Internet slang, Reddit slang) To begin participating in a circlejerk again after having unjerked.

   Antonym: unjerk

   • 2019 April 9, u/onedayoneroom, “gaming is like fucking hellworld at this point”, in Reddit‎^[1], r/Gamingcirclejerk, archived from the original on 27 March 2024:

     That's a straight-shooting comment you got there, no need to rejerk for that one.

   • 2019 May 30, u/thatonedude123, “"new world order SJW policies"”, in Reddit‎^[2], r/Gamingcirclejerk, archived from the original on 27 March 2024:

     Lol did you just needlessly unjerk to be sarcastic and rejerk to continue being sarcastic

   • 2022 January 7, u/Bruno_Fisto, “Battlefield subreddit being shut down because the devs are whiney brats who hate the player base and definitely not because said player base is harassing the devs for spending time with their families over Christmas instead of working on the game”, in Reddit‎^[3], r/Gamingcirclejerk, archived from the original on 27 March 2024:

     /uj One dude over there even compared holding on to the release deadline of the game with nazis trying to excuse themselves in Nuremberg with "I was following orders". I can't even rejerk that shit.

   • 2022 March 16, u/thefunnyIrishguy, “sual”, in Reddit‎^[4], r/okbuddychicanery, archived from the original on 27 March 2024:

     Unjerk for a moment ¶ This right here is legit one of my worst fears ¶ Rejerk ¶ Saul

   • 2022 March 20, “Every guitar-YouTuber's thumbnail this weekend”, in Reddit‎^[5], r/guitarcirclejerk, archived from the original on 27 March 2024:

     Lol nothing, it was rejerked so I was just trying to say some dumb immature shit. I'm pretty gay honestly.

   • 2022 September 30, u/coladict, “Time to stop supporting Blizzard, I guess”, in Reddit‎^[6], r/Gamingcirclejerk, archived from the original on 27 March 2024:

     ...or they're playing along? You know, rejerking?

   • 2023 January 22, u/ComfySingularity, “Censorship is when you can't romance the child”, in Reddit‎^[7], r/Gamingcirclejerk, archived from the original on 27 March 2024:

     No reason to rejerk. When you see this many pedos coming out of the woods to support each other under the guise of censorship and hijacking issues that affect other communities, and see them all banding together, it's hard not to feel ill will.

Derived terms

• /rj (abbreviation)

 

Anagrams

• jerker