price? 2. tv. to mess something up.
Who jacked up the papers on my desk?jack-upsn. capsules of a barbiturate drug.
(Drugs.) Walter took a few jack-ups
and went on to work. Gert took her
jack-ups with whiskey. She’s gonna get
pifted.
JAFDIPacronym. just another fucking day
in paradise. (A sarcastic expression for a
bad day or a day in an unhappy situation.
Usually objectionable.) Everything is
going wrong. What do you expect. JAFDIP!
jag 1. n. a Jaguar automobile. What I
really want is a jag. How much will a
jag set me back? 2. n. a drinking bout; a
prolonged state of alcohol or drug intox-
ication. Is he off on another jag, or is
this the same one? One more jag will kill
her. Try to keep her away from the stuff. 3.
n. a prolonged state of emotional excess.
I’ve been on a jag and can’t get my work
done. She’s off on a jag again. 4. n. a
drug rush. (Drugs.) This stuff has no
jag at all. How big a jag do you want?
jaggedmod. alcohol intoxicated. Man, is
that chick jagged! Let’s go out and get
jagged.
jag offGo to beat off.
jagstern. someone on a drinking spree; a
heavy drinker. Gary is a typical jagster.
Drunk for a week and sober for three.
There’s not a lot that a doctor can do for
a jagster like that.
jake 1. n. a toilet; a men’s restroom.
Where’s the jake? The jake is around the
corner. 2. n. a stupid person, usually a
male. Some loony jake told me we are
going the wrong way. Who’s the jake in
the plaid pants? 3. mod. okay; satisfactory.
All right? Then everything is jake with
me. If you get here by nine, it’ll be just
jake. 4. n. illegal liquor. (Prohibition.)
You know where I can get some jake?
Why, there’s no jake around here. There’s
a law against it, you know.
jam 1. n. a problem; trouble. I hear you’re
in a bad jam. Well, it’s not a bad jam.
- in. [for musicians] to play together,
improvising. They jammed until the
neighbors complained. Come over and
let’s jam, okay? 3. tv. & in. to force a bas-
ketball into the basket; to slam dunk a
basketball. He tried to jam it, but blew
it. Andy broke the rim by trying to jam.- n. an act of forcing a basketball into
the basket; a slam dunk. The jam
didn’t work, and Fred’s team rebounded
the ball. One more jam for Wilbur! 5.
in. to depart. It’s time to jam. Let’s go.
I gotta jam, Tom. See ya.
jambled[“dZAmbld] mod. alcohol intoxi-
cated. Jerry was too jambled to stand
up. Let’s go out and get good and
jambled.
jammed[“dZAmd] 1. mod. arrested. (Un-
derworld.) Willie got jammed for speed-
ing. 2. mod. alcohol intoxicated. I’m a
little jammed, but I think I can still drive.- Go to jammed up. 4. mod. upset; an-
noyed. He’s really jammed because he
f lunked the test.
jammed up 1. and jammedmod. in trou-
ble. He got himself jammed up with the
law. I’m sort of jammed and need some
help. 2. mod. glutted; full of food or
drink. I’m jammed up. I can’t eat an-
other bite. After dinner, I am so jammed
up that I need a nap.
jammingmod. excellent. This music is
really jamming. What a jamming class
session.
jampacked and jam-packedmod. full.
This day has been jampacked with sur-
prises. The box was jam-packed with
goodies.jan[dZAn] n. January in the financial fu-
tures markets. (Securities markets.)
The bean futures for jan fell out of bed yes-
terday. Are these figures jan or March?
jane 1. n. marijuana. (Drugs.) Yo u g o t
any jane? Bart has jane coming out of
his ears. 2. n. a women’s restroom; the
ruth. Where’s the jane around here?
The jane is upstairs.Jane Doe[“dZen “do] n. a general term for
a woman. (The mate ofJohn Doe.) A
Jane Doe was pulled out of the river this
morning. There was an accident in-
volving a Jane Doe.jack-ups