Heenan's Universal Dictionary
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JEALOUSY
Feeling alone among smiling enemies.
[Elizabeth Bowen]
JERBOAM
Large bottle of champagne
containing a dead rodent for extra flavour
[Indie]
JIMMY
Pass water; "I'm going for a Jimmy"
(Jimmy Riddle = Piddle). [Rhyming]
JITTERATI
Office folk who live on coffee, rumour
and jargon. [Palo Alto]
DISC
JOCKEYS
Hollow men. Electronic lice.
[Anthony Burgess]
JOJOBA
A bush hunted voraciously
by shampoo snatch squads.
[Miles Kington]
JOURNALISM
The opinions of the uneducated,
reflecting the ignorance of the community.
[Oscar Wilde]
ROCK JOURNALISM
People
who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, for the benefit of people
who can't read. [Frank
Zappa]
JUNK
something you throw away three weeks
before you need it. [Anon]
JUSTICE
A commodity which the State sells to the citizen, in a more or less adulterated
condition, as a reward for allegiance, taxes and personal service.
[Ambrose Bierce]