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jawn¹

  • /d͡ʒɔːn/

Rhymes with -ɔːn

verb jawns · jawning · jawned

  1. obsolete Obsolete form of yawn

noun jawns

  1. obsolete Obsolete form of yawn Defiance to thy power, thou rifted jawn! Now, by the loved heaven, sooner thou shalt Rinse thy foul ribs from the black filth of sin That soots thy heart than make me wretched.

jawn²

  • /d͡ʒɔːn/

Rhymes with -ɔːn

Where it comes from

First attested in the 1990s. Most likely an alteration of joint. Compare junt.

noun jawns

  1. Mid Atlantic, US, slang Something; a thing; any object, place, or person. "Then I started thinking of the Scenario remix and was like yo, that jawn was just as good."
  2. Mid Atlantic, US, slang A woman. MY boi in NY, when he first came to Philly, used to tell me the philly jawns were easy.

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@misc{jawn_2026,
  title = {jawn},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jawn},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}