joanie
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Joanie¹
Rhymes with -əʊni
Where it comes from
From Joan + -ie. Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jessy, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna.
proper noun
- A diminutive of the female given name Joan, from French.
Joanie²
Rhymes with -əʊni
Where it comes from
Possibly a reference to Joanie Cunningham, a character from the US sitcom Happy Days (1974–1984), set in the 1950s and 1960s. Compare Joan (“a placeholder or conventional name for a younger lower-class woman”).
noun Joanies
- A young woman who dresses in an out-of-date and unfashionable manner. I mean phones are like mondo cool, because it's like you don't know what to wear until you check it out with at because they want you to show up looking like a joanie, you know?
joanie³
noun joanies
- A small ornament of glass or china. "Your dogs!" cried Mr. Bridle. "You ninnyhammer! Why, us could buy a pack of they joanies in Newton for half-a-crown."
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@misc{joanie_2026,
title = {joanie},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/joanie},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
