Jawn

A word unique to Philly, and one I had never heard before coming here. It’s a beautiful all-purpose noun, applicable for absolutely anything. Like a verbal skeleton key.

Scott Gross

January 2nd, 2008 | January 2nd, 2008 | % | (3 votes, average: 4.67 out of 10)
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1 comment to Jawn

• Rachel

  November 17, 2008 at 1:34 am

  This entry doesn’t quite do justice to the remarkable versatility of the word! The thing about “jawn,” (and I speak as a native Philadelphian) is that it can be used to mean anything. Really. *Anything* at all.

  for instance: a pretty girl, a blunt, a car, a park, a party . . . you name it. check out the Urban Dictionary entry for it:

  http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=jawn

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