Down here at the pawn shop - Page 19

Trilby · 12-27-2012, 08:18 AM

Jim, you're a beautiful fool, you know that?

jimhelm · 12-27-2012, 08:23 AM

yes

<<
yes I do.

Undertoad · 12-27-2012, 08:23 AM

What I also find interesting is that the word hasn't made it out of town. Most ghetto terms are stolen by the white man.

Spexxvet · 12-27-2012, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

Now, the word "jawn".

This word has been used in Philadelphia for a very long time. My first spotting of it was in 1991.

It means "thing". As in, "This jawn over here, do it come wif a remote?"

The j is pronounced with either a hard J or a soft J, or anywhere in between. But it isn't pronounced "John". "Zsahwww" would be more acceptable.

I now resent the word, because it comes from ignorance. If you don't know the real word for something, you have this substitute word you can use without admitting you don't know the real word.

I don't remember hearing it with the "n" at the end.

jimhelm · 12-27-2012, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

What I also find interesting is that the word hasn't made it out of town. Most ghetto terms are stolen by the white man.

nah, that's an old one. jawn and it's derivatives. Joint, Jirnt, Jammy.

Clodfobble · 12-27-2012, 12:32 PM

Definitely never heard it down south. We have all manner of doohickeys, though.

jimhelm · 12-27-2012, 08:28 PM

lot guy just came out the back door, and the wind grabbed the door...

"damn, that Jawn almost ripped the door off!"

bluecuracao · 12-27-2012, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

What I also find interesting is that the word hasn't made it out of town. Most ghetto terms are stolen by the white man.

It has made its way out of the ghetto, at least...I hear Hipsters forcing it into their conversations now and then.

Pete Zicato · 12-27-2012, 11:57 PM

I'm with the others, UT. Great thread.

Perry Winkle · 12-28-2012, 04:56 AM

I've never heard "jawn" but I'm all about ozay:
http://www.comedycentral.com/video-c...-on-the-street

That's more about dotnose and kangamangus, but I couldn't find the clip about the genesis of ozay.

infinite monkey · 12-28-2012, 09:59 AM

I haven't heard jawn and i work with many a ghetto folk. I thought i'd heard them all. Huh. The city where i work even sucks at being ignorant. That is no small feat. Or: that ain't no smell fit, know whu'm sayin'? Look, hey, lookie...you gwan give me a dill on that? Is it rill? Ain't fillin' it, you steel sayin' it?

Trilby · 12-29-2012, 10:12 AM

my favorite, from an intern working the ED:

ghetto woman comes in with complaint of "fireballs in her eucharist"

(fibroids in her uterus)

and the white ghetto people who say their arm is 'all swolled up'

then the gems that would come into the clinic and say only this: "Why does my arm hurt?" no other exposition; no expansion; just 'why does this particular body part hurt?'

xoxoxoBruce · 12-30-2012, 11:00 AM

It hurts when I do this.
Don't do that.

Pete Zicato · 12-31-2012, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Trilby

my favorite, from an intern working the ED:

ghetto woman comes in with complaint of "fireballs in her eucharist"

Mrs. Z worked in an ER in St. Louis city when she was in high school. Some guys would come in with "a problem in my pants" - an STD.

Trilby · 12-31-2012, 07:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Pete Zicato

Mrs. Z worked in an ER in St. Louis city when she was in high school. Some guys would come in with "a problem in my pants" - an STD.

An ex-Army guy told me they would go to the clinic and say "my nose is running" when they meant STD.

12-27-2012, 08:18 AM	#271
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Jim, you're a beautiful fool, you know that? __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

12-27-2012, 08:23 AM	#272
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	yes << yes I do. __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

12-27-2012, 12:32 PM	#276
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Definitely never heard it down south. We have all manner of doohickeys, though. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

12-27-2012, 08:28 PM	#277
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	lot guy just came out the back door, and the wind grabbed the door... "damn, that Jawn almost ripped the door off!" __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

12-27-2012, 11:57 PM	#279
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	I'm with the others, UT. Great thread. __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

12-27-2012, 08:23 AM	#273
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	What I also find interesting is that the word hasn't made it out of town. Most ghetto terms are stolen by the white man.

12-28-2012, 04:56 AM	#280
Perry Winkle Esnohplad Semaj Ton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 2,259	I've never heard "jawn" but I'm all about ozay: http://www.comedycentral.com/video-c...-on-the-street That's more about dotnose and kangamangus, but I couldn't find the clip about the genesis of ozay.

12-28-2012, 09:59 AM	#281
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	I haven't heard jawn and i work with many a ghetto folk. I thought i'd heard them all. Huh. The city where i work even sucks at being ignorant. That is no small feat. Or: that ain't no smell fit, know whu'm sayin'? Look, hey, lookie...you gwan give me a dill on that? Is it rill? Ain't fillin' it, you steel sayin' it?

12-29-2012, 10:12 AM	#282
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	my favorite, from an intern working the ED: ghetto woman comes in with complaint of "fireballs in her eucharist" (fibroids in her uterus) and the white ghetto people who say their arm is 'all swolled up' then the gems that would come into the clinic and say only this: "Why does my arm hurt?" no other exposition; no expansion; just 'why does this particular body part hurt?' __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

12-30-2012, 11:00 AM	#283
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	It hurts when I do this. Don't do that. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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