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  JACK
  general term for addressing a male, see also MAN
  ""Nero say, 'That's killin' me Jack, 'cause you know I blow wid a great big show!'"
  [ Nero ]
       
  JAM SESSION
  a musical gathering where improvisation is emphasised
  "Blew jam sessions in the men cats' Sunday hats, /And even hung up the lady cats' backyard chats."
  [ The Swingin' Pied Piper ]
       
  JAMMIES
  strong feelings of anxiety
  "I now got the jammies and the double flippies, but I still keep diggin' the 14 commandments . . ."
  [ Buckley Describes First Jet Ride ]
       
  JAPANESE A BAB-A-DAP
  a mental and/or physical paroxysm
  ". . . he come swangin' down doin' a Mexican Tailspin and the Japanese a bab-a-dap."
  [ Nero ]
       
  JAPANESE RING DING DINNER
  a preparation of fantastic and exotic foods
  " . . . in the middle of which stood a banquet table that was loaded with Goody City. It had a hundred and twenty-two Japanese Ring Ding dinners and a hundred and seventy-seven Christmas Dinners . . ."
  [ Bad-Rapping of the Marquis De Sade ]
       
  JAZZ
  a word that substitutes for another word like "thing" or "things"
  ". . . they want him to make the radio and the video and all that jazz - he can't make all that jazz!"
  [ The Nazz ]
       
  JEHOVAH CAT
  the Christian god
  "I don't know about that Jehovah Cat."
  [ H-Bomb ]
 
  JOIN ME OUT
  an invitation to go somewhere
  "'That's right.' Said, 'I got a big party pad over the hill here. Everything to have a good time with.' He say, 'How'd you like to join me out?'"
  [ Bad-Rapping of the Marquis De Sade ]
       
  JOINT
  any place where an event is taking place
  "And here comes the openin'' night! And the joint is jumpin'!"
  [ Nero ]
       
  JOLT
  a drink
  "The Juicehead Kid was a' takin' a jolt."
  [ The Ballad Of Dan McGroo ]     +
       
  JONAH-SIZE POOL
  a small body of water that a mere mortal could deal with
  "You must mean some little old Jonah-size pool, don't you, Lord?"
  [ Jonah and The Whale ]
       
  JUICE
  alcohol
  "Nero throw his juice in the air and stood straight up . . ."
  [ Nero ]
       
  JUICE SESSION
  a drinking party
  "He was the kind of cat that went over to a little juice session with one of his friends."
  [ Nero ]
       
  JUMP OFF
  to begin
  "Wham!!! The fanfare jump off!!!"
  [ Nero ]
 
  JUMP SORE
  get angry
  "'Jack', I said, 'Or Jilly, if I've crossed you, don't jump sore.'"
  [ The Raven ]
       
  JUMPIN'
  pertaining to a scene where a lot is happening or there is much excitement
  ". . . big jumpin' LA! [from "Trouble"], living,
"They was a cat jumpin' around that time that had some bad press."
  [ The Gasser ]     +
       
  JUMPIN' SALTY
  angry
  ". . . and they been sleepin' in crevices and shoe boxes and shelves and holes in the walls ever since and they is very salty with you, Nero!"
  [ Nero ]     <