Dingo the Dissident

THE BLOG OF DISQUIET : Qweir Notions, an uncommonplace-book from the Armpit of Diogenes, binge-thinker jottings since 2008 .

Saturday, 2 May 2026

'To have the jitters'

in French
= avoir les jetons,

which, going back to the 12th century,
= 'to have the shits'

but jetons are also tokens,
or chips used for roulette or poker :

another and ancient connection
'twixt fæces and lucre.


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