J. and jayn. a marijuana cigarette; mari-
juana. (Drugs. From the initial letter of
joint.) Toss me a jay, huh? A jay is
two clams.
jabber[“dZAb#] 1. n. mindless chatter.
Stop all this jabber and get to work. I’ve
heard enough of your jabber. 2. in. to
chatter. Come over and we’ll jabber
about things over coffee. What are those
kids jabbering about? 3. n. a drug addict
who injects drugs. (Drugs.) The guy’s
a jabber. Look at those tracks. These
scars show that the victim was a jabber.
jab pop[“dZAb”pap] in. to inject (drugs).
(Drugs.) Gert was jab popping when she
died. Jab popping is a ticket to cement
city.
jack 1. n. money. I don’t have the jack
for a deal like that. How much jack will
it take? 2. n. tobacco for rolling cigarettes.
You got some jack I can bum? I don’t
use jack at all. 3. n. anything. (Probably
from jackshit.) This new television pro-
gram isn’t worth jack! Your last idea
wasn’t worth jack. Do I pay you to come
up with stuff that bad? 4. n. a strange per-
son; an annoying person. (Possibly from
jackassor jackshit.) Wally, stop acting
like such a jack! Ted is a total jack. He
doesn’t know his head from a hole in the
ground.
jackaln. a low and devious person. Yo u
are nothing but a slimy jackal! What
does that jackal want here?
jack aroundin. to waste time; to mess
around. Stop jacking around and get
busy. The gang was jacking around and
broke your window.
jackedGo to jacked up.
jacked (out)mod. angry; annoyed. Boy
was that old guy jacked out at you. Yu p,
he was jacked all right.
jacked up 1. and jackedmod. excited.
Don was really jacked up about the elec-
tion. The gang was jacked up and ready
to party. 2. mod. arrested. (Underworld.)
What time did Sam get himself jacked
up? He was jacked up at midnight. 3.
mod. upset; stressed. I was really
jacked up by the bad news. Don’t get
jacked up. It’ll work out. 4. mod. high on
drugs. He’s jacked up, and he may have
ODed. The poor kid is jacked up most
of the time now.
jack offGo to beat off.
jack-shit 1. n. a stupid and worthless per-
son. (Usually refers to a male. Usually ob-
jectionable.) Don’t be such a stupid
jack-shit! What a jack-shit! Not a brain
in his head! 2. n. anything; anything at all.
(Always in a negative expression.) This
whole thing isn’t worth jack-shit! I
wouldn’t give you jack-shit for that!
jack someone aroundtv. to hassle some-
one; to harass someone. (See also jerk
someone around.) The IRS is jacking
my brother around. TThe boss was jack-
ing around Gert, so she just walked out.
jack someone up 1. tv. to motivate some-
one; to stimulate someone to do some-
thing. I’ll jack him up and try to get
some action out of him. TWhat does it
take to jack up that lazy guy? 2. tv. to beat
or stab someone. (Underworld.) TThey
really jacked up Bobby. He almost died.
jack something up 1. tv. to raise the price
of something. They kept jacking the
price up with various charges, so I walked.
THow can they jack up the published