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bswan asks about the origin of subj.
Along with the well-known explanation in The Jargon File, an earlier quotation might be supplied:

Owd Pinder were a rackless foo,
   An’ spent his days i’ spreein’;
At th’ end ov every drinkin’-do,
   He ’re sure to crack o’ deein’;
“Go, sell my rags, an’ sell my shoon;
   Aw ’s never live to trail ’em;
My ballis-pipes are eawt o’ tune,
   An’ th’ wynt begins to fail ’em! [...]

The full text by some Edwin Waugh (1818-1890) is here. It's written in South Lancashire dialect, as I recently read elsewhere.