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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

jones

English answer:

craving

Added to glossary by NGK
Nov 3, 2003 12:03
20 yrs ago
English term

a serious jones

English Art/Literary Slang
All I had was his name, $250 worth of merchandise being FedEX'd my way amd a serious jones.
Change log

Apr 22, 2005 13:27: NGK changed "Field" from "Other" to "Art/Literary" , "Field (specific)" from "(none)" to "Slang"

Jun 17, 2005 15:26: NGK changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

PRO (1): NGK

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Discussion

Catherine Norton Nov 3, 2003:
I, personally, find these questions with inadequate context very discouraging.

Responses

+8
2 mins
Selected

a strong craving

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Peer comment(s):

agree mbc
31 mins
agree jerrie : maybe for whatever is in the package...
36 mins
agree PB Trans
40 mins
agree RHELLER : I found references to food, music, as well
1 hr
agree Patricia Baldwin
3 hrs
agree Refugio : maybe he needs a cigarette
5 hrs
agree Anglo-German (X)
8 hrs
agree Maria-Jose Pastor : originally it referred to the physical need for more heroine, today however it is used for a strong craving for anything. I myself have used it in the expression "I'm jonesing for Spain!", and noone has batted an eye - it is understood that it is a strong
11 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+1
2 mins

serious need for drugs

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Note added at 2003-11-03 12:09:36 (GMT)
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Peer comment(s):

neutral NGK : Maybe, maybe not — the quote doesn't indicate that this concerns drugs. Jones can mean any kind of craving.
2 mins
agree Maria Danielson : most likely drugs
47 mins
neutral Maria-Jose Pastor : agree w/Norbert, see my comment above.
11 hrs
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4 hrs

A strong urge

for ex: a serious chocolate jones means a perso has a strong urge or craving for chocolate. whatever is in the package perhaps is what is being craved
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4 hrs

A strong urge

for ex: a serious chocolate jones means a perso has a strong urge or craving for chocolate. whatever is in the package perhaps is what is being craved
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7 hrs

a serious addiction

'jones' is a drug addiction - usually to heroin
it is sometimes used frivolously to refer to a chocolate craving etc but its origin was with drugs.

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