and then lost my interest in it. I made
a lot of money jockstrapping.jockstrapperGo to jockstrap.
joe 1. n. coffee. How about a cup of joe?
Yeah, a cup of black joe would be great.
- n. an ordinary man. What does the
everyday joe make of all this nonsense?
Do you know even one everyday joe?
Joe Blow and Joe Doakes[“dZo “blo and
“dZo “doks] n. a typical or average male
American citizen. What do you think
Joe Blow really thinks about all this? Ac-
cording to surveys, Joe Doakes can hardly
read.
Joe Citizen[“dZo “sIt@sn] n. a general term
for a male representative of the public.
(See also John Q. Public.) Joe Citizen
hasn’t spoken yet. Joe Citizen is watch-
ing TV.
Joe Collegen. a typical or average male
college student. You sure look like Joe
College from the good old days. Joe Col-
lege never had a computer or a laser-pow-
ered record player in the good old days.
Joe DoakesGo to Joe Blow.
Joe Schmo[“dZo “Smo] n. a jerk. Joe
Schmo doesn’t really care. Let’s say Joe
Schmo wants a new car. What does he do?
Joe Six-packn. the average guy who sits
around drinking beer by the six-pack.
Joe Six-pack likes that kind of television
program. All Joe Six-pack wants is a
good game on TV.
john 1. n. a toilet; a bathroom. Some-
body’s in the john. Is there another john
around here? 2. n. a man. Some john
was around asking for you. This john
came up and asked if I had seen the girl
in a picture he had. 3. n. a prostitute’s
customer. She led the john into an al-
ley where Lefty robbed him. The john
looked a little embarrassed. 4. n. a victim
of a crime or deception; a sucker. The
john went straight to the cops and told the
whole thing. Clobber the john a good
one when he turns around.
John Doe[“dZan “do] n. a general term for
a man. (The mate ofJane Doe.) John
Doe was the name at the bottom of the
check. Oh, you mean John Doe isn’t his
real name?
John Hancockn. one’s signature. (Refers to
the signature of John Hancock, one of
the signers of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence.) Put your John Hancock
right here, if you don’t mind. Mr. Wil-
son’s John Hancock is worth about thirty
million.
Johnnie-come-lately and JCLn. someone
new to a situation or status. This John-
nie-come-lately doesn’t know what it was
like in the old days. I’m just a Johnnie-
come-lately, but I’m eager.
Johnny-be-goodn. a police officer. Here
comes Johnny-be-good, so be good.
Johnny-be-good went through my pockets.
John(ny) Lawn. a law officer. Johnny
Law is supposed to be your friend. John
Law showed up with a piece of paper that
says you are in trouble.
John Q. Public[“dZan “kju “p@blIk] n. a
general term for a male representative of
the public. (The mate ofJane Q. Public.)
John Q. Public doesn’t seem to like the
new tax forms. John Q. Public tends not
to like regimentation.
johnson 1. n. a thing. (See also jones.)
What is this johnson about you snitching?
He’s got this smack johnson riding him.- n. a penis. (Again, a thing.Usually ob-
jectionable.) Zip up, or your johnson’ll
get out. He covered his johnson and ran
for the dressing room.
joined at the hipmod. closely connected;
as thick as thieves. (As Siamese twins are
joined.) Those two are joined at the hip.
They are always together. Sam and
Martha are joined at the hip.
joint 1. n. a tavern; a speakeasy. (Prohibi-
tion.) Lefty has his own joint over on
Fourth Street. I wanted to open a joint,
but I don’t have the cash. 2. n. a low-class
establishment; a dive. Let’s get out of
this crummy joint. This joint bores me. - n. a tobacco cigarette. You got a fil-
ter joint on you? Why are beggars be-
ing choosers about their joints all of a sud-
den? 4. n. a marijuana cigarette. He
always has a joint with him. The joint
jockstrapper