What is "josh"

"to make fun of, to banter," 1845, American English; according to "Dictionary of American Slang," the earliest example is capitalized, hence it is probably from the familiar version of the proper name Joshua, but just which Joshua, or why, is long forgotten. Perhaps it was taken as a typical name of an old farmer. The word was in use earlier than the career of U.S. humorist Josh Billings, pseudonym of Henry Wheeler Shaw (1818-1885), who did not begin to write and lecture until 1860; but his popularity after 1869 may have influence that of the word.About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment. ["Josh Billings"]\nRelated: Joshed; joshing.

n. Good-natured banter. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To tease someone in a kindly fashion 2 (context intransitive English) To make or exchange good-natured jokes.

v. be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around" [syn: kid, chaff, jolly, banter]

Josh (, translation: Frenzy) is a 2000 Indian action drama film directed by Mansoor Khan. The film stars Aishwarya Rai and Chandrachur Singh in the lead roles with Shahrukh Khan and Sharad Kapoor as villains. Priya Gill and Vivek Vaswani play supporting roles. The film is a remake of West Side Story.

Josh, sometimes stylized as JoSH or as Jösh is a Canadian Indo-Pakistani Bhangra music group formed in 2000 in Montreal. Present members are "Rup" ( Rupinder Magon) and "Q" ( Qurram Hussain). Their songs showcase both modern and traditional bhangra beats and music, but are strongly influenced by hip hop and pop music.

"Josh" is an episode of The Outer Limits television show. It was first broadcast on March 6, 1998, during the fourth season.

Josh is a masculine given name, frequently a diminutive ( hypocorism) of the given name Joshua. It may refer to:

Josh is a young-adult novel by Ivan Southall, first published in 1971 by Angus & Robertson of Sydney, Australia. Southall was the first Australian to win the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject. Both U.K. and U.S. editions were published within the calendar year.

The story is set in rural Victoria. According to a retrospective citation by the British librarians, city boy "Josh's stay at Ryan Creek belongs to any time and place where people from different worlds confront one another."

Josh is a 2009 Telugu film that marked the debut of Naga Chaitanya and Karthika in the lead roles, whilst, prominent actor J. D. Chakravarthy plays a pivotal role. Directed by Vasu Varma, and produced by noted producer, Dil Raju. An initial date of 3 September for release, was delayed due to the death of Andhra Pradesh's Chief Minister, Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy. It was eventually released two days later. The film was a critical and commercial failure despite the heavy publicity prior release of the film. Naga Chaitanya was praised as an actor in Tollywood. The film's storyline was very similar to Naga Chaitanya's father, Nagarjuna's 1989 Ram Gopal Varma film, Siva where a student tries to eliminate the mafia involved in the students, and the antagonist in that film too is played by Chakravarthy.

Josh is a Bengali film released on 30 July 2010, directed by Ravi Kinagi. It is a remake of Ravi Teja's superhit Telugu film Bhadra released in 2005.

Josh is a British sitcom created by, and starring, Josh Widdicombe. A pilot episode aired in 2014 as part of the BBC "Comedy Feeds", and a full six-episode series aired from 11 November to 16 December 2015 on BBC Three. A second series of Josh will be released sometime on Three's online-only channel.

Josh is a masculine given name. It may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment:

• Josh (band), a Canadian Indian/Pakistani fusion band
• Josh (TV series), a BBC comedy television series starring Josh Widdicombe, Elis James and Beattie Edmondson
• "Josh" (The Outer Limits), a fourth season episode of the television series The Outer Limits
• Josh (2000 film), a 2000 Bollywood dance film directed by Mansoor Khan
• Josh (2009 film), a Telugu film directed by Vasu Varma
• Josh (2010 film), a Bengali film directed by Rabi Kinagi
• Josh: Independence Through Unity, a Pakistani mystery thriller drama film by Iram Parveen
• Josh (novel), a 1971 young adult novel by Ivan Southall

Other uses:

• City of Josh, a location in the Book of Mormon

Josh or Jhossh is a 2009 Indian Kannada language romantic film directed and written by Shivamani. Produced by Sanjay Babu under SVP pictures, the film mainly stars debutants Rakesh Adiga, Poorna, Akshay, Nithya Menen, Vishnu Prasanna in the pivotal roles whilst Dwarakish, Achyuth Kumar, Tulasi Shivamani and Sihi Kahi Chandru feature in supporting roles. The music is composed by Vardhan, making his debut and the cinematography is by Santhosh Rai Pathaje.

The film released on 10 April 2009 across Karnataka and went on to become one of the highest grossers at the box-collection for the year. The film garnered both critical appraise and commercial success and paved way for the lead actors success in their careers. The film had a good run over 100 days successfully at cinema halls. The film went on to win the Filmfare Awards in two categories out of 7 nominations at the 57th Filmfare Awards South.