The DU Lounge
Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsOn the correct Usage of word "jackshit."
For example, if I am saying that a public figure doesnt know anything about a subject. Which is correct:
1. The Dotard knows jackshit about medicine.
2. The Dotard doesnt know jackshit about medicine.
Now it seems to me that the second choice can be construed as a double negative. The word itself, jackshit, refers to nothing. If I add in the word doesnt, that seems to be a double negative.
What do you think?
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)raccoon
(31,118 posts)Where the coronavirus isnt already there?
As a character said in the movie 28 Days Later,
Go fucking where?
Chainfire
(17,611 posts)Come on down!
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)The kitchen is nice this time of year.
For something more exotic, many people like the porch.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,586 posts)Rhiannon12866
(205,852 posts)Everyone would know exactly what you meant. Though I agree that the first one is probably more correct.
rampartc
(5,433 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,525 posts)Shermann
(7,428 posts)The meaning of "jackshit" changes from "nothing" in example 1 to "anything at all" in example 2 based on the context.
The Magistrate
(95,252 posts)Glad I scrolled down before I posted.
'Jackshit' is a word whose meaning is flexible.
JustGene
(421 posts)As in less than shit.
lillypaddle
(9,581 posts)Where the hell exactly is bumfuck Oklahoma?