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Hotmale Posted 10 years ago
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I'm jonesing for ...
Hello,
Sometime ago I run across the sentence: "I'm jonesing for a smoke".
It seems to be that the verb is always used in the continuous form. Is that true? Can I say: "I jonese for a smoke?"
Thank you
Sometime ago I run across the sentence: "I'm jonesing for a smoke".
It seems to be that the verb is always used in the continuous form. Is that true? Can I say: "I jonese for a smoke?"
Thank you
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The various dictionary entries for the word all seem to suggest it is normally used in the be jonesing form. The prevalence of the name Jones makes it rather difficult to search for other forms without being overwhelmed, but jonesing seems to be the only form that is commonly used, though I did find a couple of examples of jonesed . I can't really give you a "native speaker" perspective on it as it's not a word I ever hear used.
- The various dictionary entries for the word all seem to suggest it is normally used in the be jonesing form.
- The prevalence of the name Jones makes it rather difficult to search for other forms without being overwhelmed, but jonesing seems to be the only form that is commonly used, though I did find a couple of examples of jonesed .
- I can't really give you a "native speaker" perspective on it as it's not a word I ever hear used.
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The various dictionary entries for the word all seem to suggest it is normally used in the be jonesing form. The prevalence of the name Jones makes it rather difficult to search for other forms without being overwhelmed, but jonesing seems to be the only form that is commonly used, though I did find a couple of examples of jonesed.
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HotmaleCan I say: "I jonese for a smoke?"I don't know this expression, but it would, I believe, have to be "I jones for a smoke". Whether this is at all idiomatic to those people who use the word I could not say. I don't think it would be understood by anybody in my neck of the woods.
Blue JayThe various dictionary entrie
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There are hundreds if not thousands of slang and regional expressions that were used in the 1920's to 1940's, and have fallen out of use and have been forgotten. This sounds like one of them. How this particular expression was used back in its heyday is anyone's guess now ("jonesing for a smoke" sounds right though; "jonese" for a smoke" doesn't sound right). I wouldn't worry about this one, si
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