| j | Noun. A marijuana/cannabis cigarette. Abb. of 'joint'. [Orig. U.S.] |
| jab | Noun. A hypodermic injection, a vaccination. E.g."You don't need hepatitis jabs to visit Cornwall, it's not a foreign country." |
| jack | Verb. To steal, often in relation to mugging. From hijack. E.g."My phone got jacked when I was on my way home." |
| jack all | Pron. Nothing. E.g."There's jack all wrong with it." |
| jack and danny | Noun. Vagina. Rhyming slang on 'fanny', slang for vagina. E.g."What, with her short skirt, and no knickers, I had great view of her jack and danny." See 'fanny'. |
| jack and jill | Noun. A pill. Cockney rhyming slang. [Mainly London use] |
| jackanory * | Noun. 1. Story. 2. A lie, a tall story. * Rhyming slang on story. [1970s] |
| jackbit | Noun. Food, or more specifically a packed lunch. [Lancs use] |
| jack in | Verb. See 'jack (it) in'. |
| jacking off | Noun. An act of masturbation. See 'jack off'. [Orig. U.S.] |
| jack (it) in | Verb. Stop doing (something), to terminate (something), to end. E.g."I'm going to jack in my college course after the vacation, it's too much like hard work." |
| Jack (Jones) | Noun. Alone. Rhyming slang. Usually used in the expression on your jack, or on my jack. See 'on ones jack'. |
| jack off | Verb. To masturbate. Usually applied to males. E.g."I jacked off to the thought of her completely naked apart from wearing a pair of white cotton pants." Cf. 'jill off'. [Orig. U.S.] |
| jack shit | Pron. Nothing. [Orig. U.S.] |
| jacksie | Noun. Buttocks, or anus. |
| jack's alive | Noun. Five. Rhyming slang. |
| Noun. 1. Testicles. 2. Nonsense, rubbish. * Rhyming slang on 'bollocks'. See 'bollocks'. | |
| Jack-the-lad | Noun. A male who is quick witted, a rogue who looks out for themselves. |
| jack-up | Verb. To inject with drugs. |
| jacobs | Noun. Testicles. Rhyming slang on Jacob's Cream Crackers meaning 'knackers'. Cream Crackers being a dry savoury biscuit usually served with cheese and Jacobs being the manufacturer. See 'cream crackered'. |
| jaffa | Noun. An infertile male. From jaffa oranges being seedless. This term either gained prominence from or was invented for the British TV sitcom Only Fools and Horses in the 1990s. Derog. |
| jag | Noun. An injection. [Glasgow use] Verb. To prick. [Glasgow use] |
| jailbait | Noun. An attractive female or male who, viewed sexually, is younger than the legal age of sexual consent. Also jail bait. E.g."I'll warn you now, dont get involved with Mike's sister, she's jailbait." |
| jake/jakey | Noun. 1. A drunk, a meths drinker. Derog. [Scottish/Glasgow use?] 2. A down and out, a homeless person. Derog. [Scottish/Glasgow use?] |
| jaked | Adj. Drunk, intoxicated. Probably from 'jake' (noun), above. |
| jam butty car | Noun. A police car. Cf. 'jam sandwich' [Mainly Merseyside use] |
| James Blunt | Noun. An objectionable person. Rhyming slang on 'cunt'. James Blunt, a British musician. [2000s] |
| jam jar | Noun. A car. Rhyming slang. |
| jammies | Noun. Pyjamas. Cf. 'jimjams'. |
| jammy | Adj. Fortunate, lucky. {Informal} |
| jammy dodger | Noun. A lucky person. Also a type of biscuit with a jam centre. Also jammie dodger. See 'jammy'. |
| jam packed | Adj. Full to capacity. {Informal} |
| jam rag | Noun. A sanitory towel, a tampon. |
| jam roll * | Noun. 1. An idiot. 2. Anus. * Rhyming slang on 'arsehole'. |
| jam sandwich | Noun. A police car, specifically the white ones with a bright red band running horizontally along the sides. |
| jam week | Noun. The period of menstruation. |
| jangle | Verb. To gossip. E.g."Are you two going to sit there jangling all night, or help me cook the meal?" (Liverpool use) |
| jank | Noun. Nonsense, rubbish. [South-east use?] |
| Janner | Noun. A person from Plymouth. |
| Jap's eye | Noun. The urethal opening on the head of the penis. Offens. |
| jar | Noun. A glass of beer or lager, usually a pint. |
| jarg | Adj. Fake, counterfeit. [Liverpool use] |
| jarred off | Adj. Upset, fed-up. [E. Anglia use.] |
| J. Arthur | Noun. An act of masturbation. Rhyming slang on J. Arthur Rank, with 'wank'. See 'wank'. |
| jasper | Noun. A wasp. |
| jazz mag | Noun. A pornographic magazine. |
| jebs | Noun. Breasts. |
| Jeez! | Exclam. A profane exclamation of surprise, frustration. A shortening of Jesus. |
| jellies | Noun. Cheap rubber/plastic sandals mainly worn by children. Their transparent and brightly coloured appearence resembles jelly, hence their name. |
| jelly | Noun. Temazepam (a tranquillizer). Usually in the plural. E.g."I'll need some jellies if I'm going to get some sleep tonight." |
| jellyfish | Noun. A weak and ineffectual person. Derog. |
| jerk | Noun. Idiot. [Orig U.S.] |
| jerk-off | Verb. To masturbate. E.g."He's in his room, jerking off to that new adult film he brought." Noun. An idiot, a despicable person. Derog. [Orig. U.S.] |
| Jerry | Noun. 1. A German, or from Germany, often in a military context. [1914-18] 2. A chamber pot. Dated. {Informal} |
| jessie | Noun. A feeble, easily scared person, a softy. Derog. |
| Jesus! | Exclam. A profane exclamation of surprise, anger, frustration. |
| Jesus boots | Noun. Sandals. |
| Jesus creepers | Noun. Sandals. |
| Jesus freak | Noun. A strong believer in Christianity. Derog. |
| Jesus H Christ! | Exclam. An exclamation of surprise, annoyance. |
| Jesus suffering fuck! | Exclam. Expressing surprise, or anger. |
| Jesus wept! | Exclam. An exclamation of annoyance or surprise. |
| jet | Verb. To move quickly or depart hurriedly. E.g."I'm just gonna jet into town to collect my holiday money." |
| jewels | Noun. Male genitals. Cf. 'family jewels'. |
| Jewish piano | Noun. A cash register. Can be offensive due to racial stereotyping. |
| jibbons | Noun. Spring onions. [SW use/SW Wales use/dialect?] |
| jiffle | Verb. To fidget, to be restless. E.g."I got no sleep at all with her jiffling about in bed all night." [Norfolk use? Dialect] |
| jiffy | Noun. A moment, a short time. E.g. "Wait there a second, I'll be back in a jiffy." {Informal} |
| jiggaboo | Noun. A black person. Also jigaboo. Offens. |
| jigger | Noun. An alleyway, back passage. [Liverpool use] |
| jiggered | Adj. 1. Confounded. Heard in the rather archaic exclamation, I'll be jiggered! {Informal} 2. Worn out, exhausted. |
| jiggery pokery | Noun. Deception, trickery, dishonest behaviour. {Informal} |
| jiggy | Adj. Cool and in touch with what's happening and respected. Apparently originates with Will Smith, U.S. rapper and movie star, and came to prominence with his song Gettin' Jiggy Wit' It. [Orig. U.S. 1990s] Noun. Sex. [Orig. U.S. 1990s] |
| jilling off | Noun. An act of female masturbation. See 'jill off'. [Orig. U.S.] |
| jill off | Verb. Of women, to masturbate. Expression punning and created as a female equivalent to 'jack off'. [Orig. U.S.] |
| jimjams | Noun. Pyjamas. Also 'jim-jams'. See 'jammies'. |
| jimmy hill | Noun. A pill. Rhyming slang. Jimmy Hill - football player, manager and then TV sports presenter. |
| jimmy riddle | Noun. An act of urination. The rhyming slang for 'piddle'. Often used singularly as jimmy, or riddle. See 'piddle'. |
| Jim Skinner | Noun. Dinner. Rhyming slang. |
| jingly * | Adj. Afghani, or more widely also Arabic or Middle Eastern. Also jingley. Noun. A person from Afghanistan, or Middle Eastern country, such as Iran, Saudi, Oman etc. * [Military use] |
| jip | Noun. Hassle, bother. Cf. 'gyp'. |
| jism | Noun. Semen. Also 'gism'. [1800s] |
| jitters | Noun. Severe nervousness. {Informal} |
| jitty | Noun. An alleyway or passageway between buildings. Also gitty. [Midlands use] |
| jizz | Noun. Sperm. Abb. of jism. |
| Joanna | Noun. Piano. Cockney rhyming slang. |
| job | Verb. To hit, punch, physically attack. E.g."Stop shouting at me, or I'll job you!" [Notts use] |
| jobby | Noun. 1. A lump of excrement. 2. An act of defecation. E.g."Give me 5 minutes, I've just got to have a jobby." |
| jobby jabber | Noun. Homosexual male. See 'jobby'. Derog. [Mainly Scottish use] |
| job's a good'un! | Exclam. Expressing a thing or situation is good. |
| jobsworth | Noun. A person who is very pedantic at work and strictly adheres to the rules; so called because of their oft used exclamation, "I can't let you do that, it's more than my job's worth." Derog. |
| Jock | Noun. A Scottish person. Can be offensive. |
| jockey's whips | Noun. Chips, French fries. Rhyming slang from the North-west. |
| Jodrell | Noun. An act of masturbation. From the rhyming slang Jodrell Bank - 'wank'. Jodrell Bank, a large radiotelescope in Cheshire, North-west England. See 'wank'. |
| Joe Baxi | Noun. Rhyming slang for taxi. |
| Joe Bloggs | Noun. A fictitious name for the average or unknown person. {Informal} |
| Joe Daki | Noun. A Pakistani. Rhyming slang on Paki. Offens. |
| Joey | Noun. 1. A friend or acquaintence who is regarded a fool or weakling, and often has to bear the brunt of jokes. Believed to be derived from the rhyming slang Joe Hunt, meaning 'cunt'. 2. An imbecile. Derived from the name Joey Deacon, a physically handicapped (cerebral palsy) guest on a British children's TV programme called Blue Peter in the 1970s; consequently his name was cruelly adopted by children as an insult. Derog. Cf. 'deacon'. |
| jog on | Vrb phrs. 1. Go away, get lost! 2. Proceed, carry on, move on. |
| John | Noun. 1. General term of address for a male. [London use] 2. A client. Prostitute's parlance. |
| johnny | Noun. A condom. Derives from the term French Letter via the archaic slang Frenchie and consequently Johnny Frenchman. |
| John Thomas | Noun. The penis. A well established but aging euphemism. |
| joint | Noun. A cannabis or marijuana cigarette. |
| jollies | Noun. 1. Pleasure, thrills. E.g."He always gets his jollies from hurting others." 2. Holidays, vacation. E.g."Are you going to mainland Europe again for your jollies?" |
| jollop | Noun. 1. A dollop. E.g."I'll have a jollop of ice cream with my apple pie." 2. Medicine. |
| jolly | Noun. A day trip, particularly one taken for pleasure and arranged from ones place of work. E.g."Work was great last week, we went on a jolly to London and got the boss drunk." |
| jones | Verb. To desire or want something very badly. [Orig U.S.] |
| jonesing | Adj. Wanting, desiring. E.g."He's jonesing for a cigarette." See 'jones'. |
| josh | Verb. To jest and joke with someone. E.g."Dad! Stop joshing me. She's not my girlfreind, just a mate." |
| joskin | Noun. A rural dweller, a country bumpkin. [Yorkshire use] |
| joyride | Noun. A ride in a stolen vehicle. {Informal} Verb. To go on a joyride. |
| jubblies | Noun. Women's breasts. |
| jubbly! | Exclam. Excellent! Great! Abb. of 'lovely jubbly'. |
| Judy | Noun. A woman, or girlfriend. [Liverpool use] |
| Judyscuffer | Noun. A police woman. See 'judy' and 'scuffer'. [Liverpool use] |
| jug | Noun. 1. Prison. [Orig. U.S.] 2. A bank. [Underworld use] |
| jug handles | Noun. Ears, usually implying large or excessively protruding. |
| jugs | Noun. Breasts. |
| jug up | Verb. To get drunk. E.g."What better reason to get jugged up than a party." [Orig. U.S.] |
| juice | Noun. 1. Petrol, fuel for engines. 2. Electricity. E.g."My Ipod's run out of juice, can I borrow your charger?" |
| jumbly | Noun. 1. A jumble sale. 2. The unwanted goods and possessions which are sold at a jumble sale. |
| jumped up | Adj. Arrogant. {Informal} |
| jungle bunny | Noun. A black person. Derog./Offens. |
| junglist | Noun. A person interested and committed to jungle music. |
| junkie | Noun. 1. A heroin addict. Also spelt junky. 2. Now more frequently used for anyone with an addiction. |
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