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Jamming 25-Aug-2008 At 3:00:47 PM Ronny

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On 25/08/2008 dalai wrote:
>On 25/08/2008 Phil Box wrote:
>> And also for the record he also didn't
>>spell Jamb correctly.
>
>I believe the correct spelling is jamB.

My (mock) outrage was not directed towards the suggestion that one has to learn something about door jambs before learining about crack climbing (that makes some perverted sort of sense really...), but was directed towards the suggestion that the word is spelt "jamb".

See definitions below. Its called 'jamming' because you jam your fists/hands/fingers in a crack. It has nothing whatsoever to do with door frames.

jamb
/jam/
noun
1. the side of an opening; a vertical piece forming the side of a doorway, window, or the like.

jam[1]
/jam/ verb, jammed, jamming.
verb (t)
1. to press or squeeze tightly between bodies or surfaces, so that motion or extrication is made difficult or impossible.
2. ...