Meaning of jasm | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Initialism of junior assistant scoutmaster.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
2. Zest for accomplishment; drive.
   US, archaic, slang, uncountable
3. Jazz.
   archaic, uncountable

Examples

“Jeremy has the kind of jasm a junior exec needs to reach⟳ the top of the ladder in the corporate world.”

““Yes, sir. No mistake⟳ about that. Oh! she's just as full of jasm!” Frank Sargent laughed again. “You've got the start⟳ of me,” said he. “Now tell⟳ me what ‘jasm’ is.” “Well, it’s a sort⟳ of word, I guess⟳, that made itself,” said Cheek. “It’s a good one though—jasm is. If you’ll take⟳ thunder and lightning, and a steamboat and a buzz-saw, and mix⟳ ’em up, and put⟳ ’em into a woman, that’s jasm.””

“I don’t think⟳ there is anything more pitiful than a man, who has been in business for himself, to have⟳ to give⟳ up and say⟳ he is a failure. It hurts to be compelled to go into some one’s shop⟳ as a clerk or a mechanic when you’ve once been your own⟳ master. It’ll put⟳ jasm into a lot of men that have⟳ lost their nerve and only need⟳ some one to set⟳ them straight.”

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