Etymology Juts is an Internet slang neologism used as an English noun, based on a common typographical error of "just," specifically in electronic communication via smartphone, but also including other avenues of text input (qwerty keyboard, etc.). Refer to other neologisms, e.g., "teh." Meaning and Origin Juts refers to any typo in electronic communication (i.e., Social Media posts, text messages, etc.) that arises as a result of a touchscreen keyboard, auto-correct, or other unintentional text input errors. The term originates from the easy inversion or the T and S in the word "just," as in "we should juts talk more." Its usage grew out of a commenter posting underneath that Social Media status update, "What is juts?" and then, "I would like to talk about some juts." While the comment was originally intended as a joke, the usage stuck when the original poster responded, "Juts is when the iPhone or Smartphone keyboard fails. Let's start using that every time. You know, after you post something with an error, you can say 'sorry about the juts.' There are much dumber things people type all the time, like 'pwn the lulz, n00b.' " The noun is currently part of a very small user demographic. First juts use <references />
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