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jaq off

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.78 in modern English

Syllables
jaq off
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To ask loaded questions inviting someone to justify their views or behaviors, in an attempt to make one's tangential accusations of little verisimilitude appear acceptable.

Derogatory; Slang

Etymology

Blend of JAQ (“just asking questions”) + jack off (“to masturbate”); because of the former phrase originally chiefly used in the gerund form, and so coined by a user of the James Randi Educational Foundation’s International Skeptics Forum on 14th September 2006 about truthers.

Usage

Inflected Forms

JAQs off (present, singular) JAQing off (participle, present) JAQed off (participle, past) JAQed off (past)

Phrases

argument from ignorance

Frequently Paired Words

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Questions

What does jaq off mean?
To ask loaded questions inviting someone to justify their views or behaviors, in an attempt to make one's tangential accusations of little verisimilitude appear acceptable.
Where does jaq off come from?
Blend of JAQ (“just asking questions”) + jack off (“to masturbate”); because of the former phrase originally chiefly used in the gerund form, and so coined by a user of the James Randi Educational Foundation’s International Skeptics Forum on 14th September 2006 about truthers.

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