One way to hold this word: a private sexual act that British and Irish speakers treat as the rudest small thing they can name — something done alone, that produces nothing and goes nowhere. Every other use on this page reaches for that second half. Point it at a song, a film or an argument and you are saying: this went nowhere, it produced nothing, it was only the person enjoying themselves. The word is vulgar in every one of its uses, and that weight is part of what it means.

這個字可以想成一個畫面:一件很私密的性方面的動作,在英式英文裡被當成最粗俗的小事之一。一個人做,做完什麼也沒產出,哪裡也沒去到。這一頁上其他用法,抓住的都是後半段。把這個字丟向一首歌、一部電影、一場爭論,等於在說:這件事沒產出任何東西,只是當事人自己爽而已。它在每一個用法裡都很粗俗,而那個分量本身也是意思的一部分。

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