What is "jingo"

Jingo \Jin"go\, n.; pl. Jingoes. [Said to be a corruption of St. Gingoulph.]

1. A word used as a jocular oath. ``By the living jingo.''
   --Goldsmith.

2. A statesman who pursues, or who favors, aggressive, domineering policy in foreign affairs; a bellicose superpatriot or chavinist. [Cant, Eng.]

   Note: This sense arose from a doggerel song which was popular during the Turco-Russian war of 1877 and 1878. The first two lines were as follows:

   We don't want to fight, but by Jingo if we do, We 've got the ships, we 've got the men, we 've got the money too.

"mindless, gung-ho patriot," 1878, picked up from the refrain of a music hall song written by G.W. Hunt, and sung by "Gilbert H. MacDermott" (1845-1901), supporting aggressive British policy toward Russia at a time of international tension. ("We don't want to fight, But by Jingo! if we do, We've got the ships, we've got the men, We've got the money too.")\n\nHunt's patriotic song of 1878, with a swinging tune ... became at Macdermott's instigation the watchword of the popular supporters of England's bellicose policy. The "Daily News" on 11 March 1878 first dubbed the latter 'Jingoes' in derision ....

["Dictionary of National Biography," London, 1912]

\nAs an asseveration, it was in colloquial use since 1690s, and is apparently yet another euphemism for Jesus, influenced by conjurer's gibberish presto-jingo (1660s). The frequent suggestion that it somehow derives from Basque Jinko "god" is "not impossible," but "as yet unsupported by evidence" [OED].\n

n. One who supports policy favouring war.

1. n. an extreme bellicose nationalist [syn: chauvinist, jingoist, flag-waver, hundred-percenter, patrioteer]

2. [also: jingoes (pl)]

Jingo is the 21st novel by Terry Pratchett, one of his Discworld series. It was published in 1997. The rising of a previously submerged island and the subconstituent sovereignty dispute were inspired by the real-life island of Ferdinandea.

Jingo may refer to:

• Jingoism, aggressive nationalism
• Jingu of Japan (also Jingū or Jingō), a legendary empress of Japan
• Jingo (novel), from the Discworld series
• " Jin-go-lo-ba" or "Jingo", a song by Babatunde Olatunji, covered by multiple artists
• Jingo, Kansas, a community in the United States
• Jingo, West Virginia
• Jingo, the main town on Rossel Island in Papua New Guinea.
• "Jingo", fifth movement of Statements for orchestra by Aaron Copland
• By Jingo, a minced oath from the 17th century
• " Oh By Jingo!", a popular song