Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

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wasn’t enough to carry him very long. 5.
n. a penis. (Usually objectionable.) He
told some joke about a joint, but people just
turned away. He covered his joint and
ran for the dressing room. 6. n. a jail; a
prison. (Underworld.) Lefty just got out
of the joint. He learned a lot in the joint
that he was anxious to try out.

joketv. to tease someone; to make fun of
someone. Everybody was joking my
roommate because of her accent. Don’t
joke me, man. I do the best I can.


jokern. a man; a guy. Who was that joker
I saw you with last night? Some joker
was at the door selling something.


jolliesn. a charge or thrill; a sexual thrill;
kick. He got his jollies from skin f licks.
This gyvestick gives Ernie all the jollies
he wants.


jollop[“dZal@p] n. a drink of liquor She
poured a big jollop into each of the glasses
and then drank them one by one. “Have
another jollop,” she said to herself.


jollymod. alcohol intoxicated; tipsy. 
Everybody was jolly and singing by the
time the food arrived. Kelly was a little
too jolly, and her sister told her to slow
down.


jolly-wellmod. certainly. You jolly-well
better be there on time. I jolly-well will.


jolt 1. n. the degree of potency of the al-
cohol in liquor. It doesn’t have much
of a jolt. Watch out. This stuff has quite
a jolt. 2. n. a drink of strong liquor. 
Can you give me a little jolt of shine? He
knocked back a jolt and asked for another.



  1. n. a portion or dose of a drug. (Drugs.)
    How about a little jolt as a taste? A
    jolt costs. 4. n. the rush from an injec-
    tion of drugs. (Drugs.) This stuff does-
    n’t have much jolt. What kind of jolt do
    you want?


jones 1. n. a thing. (See also johnson.) 
There’s a big turf jones down on the cor-
ner. This get-rich-quick jones will land
you in the joint, Lefty. 2. n. a drug habit;
drug addiction. (Drugs. See also skag
jones.) That jones is really riding that
guy. He’s got a real bad jones with that
dust. 3. n. a desire for someone or some-


thing; a craving. He has a real jones for
chocolate. 4. tv. to crave something. 
He’s jonesing chocolate pretty bad.
joog[dZug] tv. to stab someone. (Prisons.)
Lefty jooged the screw. Man, who’d
you joog?
jorkn. a worthless person; a combination
jerk and dork. What a jork! How stu-
pid can you get?
josh[dZaS] tv. & in. to tease someone; to
kid someone. Stop joshing. Be serious.
You’re just joshing me!
joyboxn. a piano. (See also tinklebox.) 
Can you play this joybox at all? Yo u r
joybox needs some tuning.
joy dustGo to joy flakes.
joy flakes and joy dustn. powdered or
crystallized cocaine. (Drugs. See also
crack.) Is joy f lakes the same as crack?
Joy dust is sort of crack without the press
coverage.
joy juicen. liquor; beer. Joy juice makes
Ted sad. Can I pour some more of this
joy juice?
joy ride 1. n. a drinking bout or party. 
There’s a little joy ride over at Tom’s. 
Some joy ride! They ran out of booze. 2. n.
a state of euphoria from drug use.
(Drugs.) This stuff is a real joy ride. 
Ernie’s on a little joy ride right now and
can’t come to the phone. 3. n. a ride where
the passenger does not return alive. (Un-
derworld.) Mr. Big wanted Sam to take
Max on a joy ride. You’re going on a lit-
tle joy ride with me. Now, get moving.
joystick 1. n. the vertical lever used to con-
trol smaller aircraft. She pulled back on
the joystick and the plane took off. 2. n. an
electronic control device for computer
games and other program control. (From
sense 1.) The ship’s first officer used a
tiny joystick to control the computer pro-
gram that guided the ship to the next port.


  1. n. the erect penis. (Usually objection-
    able.) He couldn’t seem to stop playing
    pocket pool with his joystick.
    joy watern. liquor; strong liquor. How
    about some more joy water? No more joy
    water for me, thanks.


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