jones

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (US, archaic, slang) Heroin.
2. (US, slang) An addiction or intense craving.

Verb

1. (US, slang) Have an intense craving.
2. (US, slang) To binge on cocaine and/or alcohol.

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of jone

jone

To good-naturedly make fun of (someone); to roast.

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Concepts

héroïne

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Synonymes

scag

second to none

heroin

china white

Traductions

جونز

هيروين

heroïna

Heroin

Klepper

ηρωίνη

eroina

heroïne

heroïne

heroína

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heroína

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eroin

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/d͡ʒoʊnz/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Ed Boland, in The New York Times, March 2002, attributes the term to heroin addicts who frequented Great Jones Alley in New York City, off Great Jones Street between Broadway and Lafayette Street, although the slang term has obviously been around much longer.
Dan Waldorf states that the use of the term, in the sense of “addiction”, originated among heroin addicts.