Jawn
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a word used by Philly cats to describe anything and everything.
NY cats interject with the word joint but it doesnt convey the same feelings. -
any person place or thing
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A person, place, or thing.
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alias for the word thing - meaning an item/object of some sort
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The word jawn is a noun. It describes a person (females tho), place or thing. Jawn is Philly slang used to describe everything and anything but is alway understood
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Philly slang meaning just about anything, its an All purpose Pro-noun. Not to be confused with Drawin(another philly slang word which is pronounced similiar, most non-philly natives think they hearing the same word when they are both often used.)
There are many Categories of Jawns when used to refer to a female See Side-Jawn=chick on the side, Old-Head Jawn=some older woman, Big Jawn=fat girl, Young-Jawn= a young girl
Spanish-Jawn= a spanish girl,Germantown-Jawn= a girl from gemantown.... -
The inside-joke name of John Watson from the BBC show Sherlock.
Frequently used in humorous fan-fiction and humorous fan-art. -
(chiefly in eastern Pennsylvania) used to refer to a thing, place, person, or event that one need not or cannot give a specific name to.
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[Jawn] n. Slang. Region: Greater [Philadelphia]. (jôn) 1. Any object, being or entity. Used particularly in reference to a physical object which is either difficult for [the speaker] to describe or in cases where the word used to describe the object in question is much longer than the one-syllable [jawn].
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