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jawn
noun
(
slang
) A marijuana cigarette.
Let's smoke that .
(
slang, Philadelphia
) Something; shit; any object, place or thing.
Check out this .
2001
, Steve Jackson, "Takin it back B/W BEEF", <tt>rec.music.hip-hop</tt>
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.music.hip-hop/msg/c415feed930748c0
:
"Then I started thinking of the Scenario remix and was like yo, that was just as good."
2007
September 23, Jessica Pressler, "The Bar Car is Rocking" in
New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/23/fashion/23boite.html?ref=fashion
:
"Just back from a tour in Australia, he was sitting at a table in the dining car with a group of friends that included members of the hip-hop groups Spank Rock and Plastic Little. 'This,' he said, 'is the .'"
(
slang, Philadelphia
) A woman.
Yo, you see that , she bad as shit.
1999
July 16, "da One and Only Jazzman", "Re: RapCity
?
: UnderHouston
?
", <tt>rec.music.hip-hop</tt>,
Usenet
,
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.music.hip-hop/msg/edf3ed4e04932a25</sup
>
MY boi in NY, when he first came to Philly, used to tell me the philly
jawns
were easy.
2005
, Krystle J. Nutter,
Turned Out
,
http://books.google.com/books?id=5ehZ6HwispcC</sup
> iUniverse, ISBN 0-595-36207-9, page 1,
I had a few chicks that I messed around with but this one main stuck out in particular.
2006
, G. D. McCrary
?
,
Guerrillas in the Midst
,
http://books.google.com/books?id=QX5h8KeTbXMC</sup
> Papyrus & Pen Publishing, ISBN 0977068714, page 39,
"Who? The sittin" in the truck wit" choo? I think I know her."
Etymology:
(
unreferenced
)Gained popularity in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the 1990s, however it has been used since the 1960s. It may be a corruption of the word 'joint,' though its true beginning is unclear.
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