JOMO

In the past few years people became acquainted with abbreviations like FOMO (fear of missing out) or YOLO (you only live once) but perhaps less frequently used is JOMO - joy of missing out.

JOMO first originated in a 2012 blog post by Anil Dash. 2012 seems like forever ago--but it's a thoughtful phrase to remember now and then to get ( Read more... )

Jouska - noun.

I hemmed and hawed over creating an entry for this word. I first found it on a list of words circulating around Facebook. As we all know, many non-English languages have words for the intangible, like weltschmerz. Author John Koenig made up his own dictionary of words for intangible feelings. It's The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows ( Read more... )

jiggery-pokery [ jig-uh-ree-poh-kuh-ree]

noun:
(Cheifly British)
1 trickery, hocus-pocus; fraud; humbug
2 sly, underhanded action
3 manipulation

Examples:

For all the corrugated iron sheep, dogs, cows, parrots, cockatoos and chooks that populate Michael Scott-Mitchell's witty, fully corrugated set, for all the jiggery-pokery and quackery- ( Read more... )

Jannock - adjective.

Jannock is a British word meaning honest, fair and straightforward. It was first recorded in the 1820s.

jackanapes [jak-uh-neyps]

noun:
1a an impertinent, presumptuous person, especially a young man; whippersnapper.
1b an impudent, mischievous child.
2 (archaic) an ape or monkey.

Examples:

Meanwhile two jackanapes gathered this morning on the basketball court, the first public court downtown, to settle a score. Matt Goodman and I ( Read more... )

Jactitation - noun.

Jactitation has a couple of definitions ( Read more... )

Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023

Jovial (adjective)
jo·vi·al [joh-vee-uhl]

adjective
1. endowed with or characterized by a hearty, joyous humor or a spirit of good-fellowship: a wonderfully jovial host.
2. (initial capital letter) of or pertaining to the god Jove, or Jupiter.

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH JOVIAL
jocose, jocular, jocund

WORDS RELATED TO ( Read more... )

Jerid - noun.

Also spelled jereed and jerreed, a jerid is a wooden javelin. The staff is a component of a horseback game of the same name popular during the time of the Ottoman empire. Players score points by throwing the javelin at an opponent.


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Janissary - noun.

A member of an elite fighting corp organized by the Ottoman empire. The janissaries were the first standing army in Europe, active from about 1363-1826 and known as fierce fighters devoted to the sultan.


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Job's comforter [ johbz kuhm-fer-ter]

noun, idiom:
(Biblical) a person who unwittingly or maliciously depresses or discourages someone while attempting to be consoling; someone who discourages or depresses while seemingly giving comfort and consolation

Examples:

Maurice is Tom's sausage-maker, but he has now emerged as a truly biblical figure, ( Read more... )