to wear jelly shoes. Jellies will crack in
this weather.jerkn. a stupid or worthless person. (Now
both males and females.) What a loony
jerk! You are such a classic jerk!
jerk aroundin. to waste time. Stop jerk-
ing around and get to work. All you do
is jerk around. Get a move on!
jerker 1. n. a drunkard; an alcoholic. (Be-
cause of visible shaking.) Some of the
jerkers have the DTs. 2. n. a heavy user
of cocaine. (Drugs.) The new guy is a
jerker. You can see it in his eyes. The
jerkers who need immediate treatment are
sent from ER up to detox. 3. n. a male who
masturbates habitually. (Usually objec-
tionable.) He’s a jerker. He doesn’t need
women.
jerk offin. to masturbate. (See also beat
off. Usually objectionable.) That kid
spends all his time jerking off.
jerksn. the delirium tremens. The old
guy has the jerks. What can they do
for the jerks—other than hospitalize the
victims?
jerk someone around and jerk someone
overtv. to hassle someone; to waste
someone’s time. Stop jerking me
around and give me my money back. T
They sure like to jerk around people in that
music shop.
jerk someone overGo to jerk someone
around.
jerkwatermod. backwoodsy; insignificant.
(See also one-horse town.) I’m from
a little jerkwater town in the Midwest.
He’s sort of the jerkwater type.
jerry-builtmod. carelessly and awkwardly
built. This is an old, jerry-built house,
but we love it. The lawyer’s case was
jerry-built, but the jury bought it anyway.
Jesus! and Jeez![“dZiz@s and “dZiz] ex-
clam. Wow! (Use caution with Jesusin
profane senses.) Jesus, what a jerk!
Jesus! I’m late.
Jesus bootsn. sandals. (Use caution with
Jesusin profane senses.) Jesus boots are
okay in the summer. Who is the kook
in Jesus boots?
jetin. to leave a place rapidly; to go some-
where fast. I will jet to Tom’s house and
show him these pictures. Let’s jet. It’s
late.
jet-set(ters)n. young and wealthy people
who fly by jet from resort to resort.
The jet-set doesn’t come here anymore.
Jet-setters have turned to other kinds of
excitement.
jibe[dZaIb] in. to agree; to be in harmony.
(See also track.) Your story just doesn’t
jibe with the facts. These things just
don’t jibe.
jiffy[“dZIfi] n. a very short time. (See also
in a jiff(y).) That was a pretty long jiffy
I had to wait! Just a jiffy, I’ll be there.
jig[dZIg] tv. & in. to copulate [with] some-
one. (Usually objectionable.) He’s
telling everybody that he didn’t jig her.
She’s claiming they jigged twice.
jigger 1. n. a drink of whiskey. (The stan-
dard term for a small container used for
measuring the right amount of liquor for
a drink.) How about another jigger of
that shine? Okay, I’ll have a jigger. 2.
n. a cigarette. You got a jigger I can
bum? Here’s a pack of jiggers. Help
yourself. 3. n. a gadget. Toss me one of
those copper jiggers there in the box.
This kind of jigger?
jiggered 1. mod. damned. Get that jig-
gered cat out of here! Well, I’ll be jig-
gered! 2. mod. alcohol intoxicated. (See
also jigger.) Todd was more than just
a little jiggered. Bill was too jiggered to
stand up.
Thejig is up.phr. the game is ended; the
scheme has been found out. Okay, you
kids. The jig’s up! Who says the jig is up?
jillion[“dZIlj@n] n. an enormous, indefinite
number. I’ve got a jillion things to tell
you. This car cost me about a jillion
bucks.
jimmyn.the penis. (From the proper name
Jimmyor from the name for a short
crowbar.) He made some joke about
his jimmy, but nobody laughed. Thejerk