Origin of the term "Jones'in"...anybody?

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Origin of the term "Jones'in"...anybody?

Posted: 9/23/2004 8:09:09 AM EDT

I know it was done a while back, but a 3 month search turned up nothing.

Where did the term "Jonesin' for a fix" come from?

Posted: 9/23/2004 8:10:17 AM EDT

[#1]

I can't get to it from here, but look it up on www.urbandictionary.com

You must be jonesin for a definition!

Posted: 9/23/2004 8:10:42 AM EDT

[#2]

Quoted:
I know it was done a while back, but a 3 month search turned up nothing.

Where did the term "Jonesin' for a fix" come from?

Probably, Keeping up with the Joneses. Meaning you covet something the Joneses have. You want something. You are Jonesin'

Posted: 9/23/2004 8:18:52 AM EDT

[#3]

Thanks MatthewQ

A new bookmark has been made in my "favorites" folder.....urbandictionary.

Jonesin

A word used to describe an intense craving for a drug. Comes from Great Jones Street in New York City, between Broadway and Lafayette Street, a former junkie hangout.

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Origin of the term "Jones'in"...anybody?

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