noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Zest for accomplishment; drive. US, archaic, slang, uncountable

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

2. 2
   Initialism of junior assistant scoutmaster. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
3. 3
   Jazz. archaic, uncountable

Example

More examples

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

Etymology

Apparently a variant of jism.

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