J. Jack or Jacks. English/Australian slang term short for jackboots. The term can be used to describe a police officer, informant or an unreliable person.
Noun. (slang) A police officer, a cop (on foot, rather than in a patrol car).
Jakes – police. Joint – gun. Jump out – undercover police on patrol. – emerge from a vehicle.
Jamaica ginger extract, known in the United States by the slang name Jake, was a late 19th-century patent medicine that provided a convenient way to obtain alcohol during the era of Prohibition, since it contained approximately 70% to 80% ethanol by weight.
Being a "Good J-Key" probably meant a fireman who was cool under the pressure and could send clear Morse code. "J-Key" was eventually shortened to "Jake", and when spread to the public, "Jake" came to be a common term for firemen in general.
jakes. / (dʒeɪks) / noun. an archaic slang word for lavatory. Southwest English dialect human excrement.
Jake is a masculine given name derived from Jacob. It can also be a nickname of Jacob and various other given names.
bredda (plural breddas or bredren) (Jamaica, colloquial) brother quotations ▼
Outside of Jamaica, "yardies" is often used to refer to Jamaican gangs or organized crime groups and gangsters of Jamaican origin, nationality, or ethnicity.
'Boonoonoonoos'
Boonoonoonoos is Jamaican slang for someone, or something you love. In plain English, it translates to "special person". When you have a loved one with you on vacation, you might want to refer to them as a "boonoonoonoos friend" to express your feelings.
wap (plural waps) (UK, dialect) A blow or beating; a whap. (colloquial) A breast. A bundle. (MLE, slang) A weapon, gun.
ˈlizē, -zi. plural -s. slang. : a small and relatively inexpensive automobile.
Driller. Shooter or gang member. Drilling. Attacking, aggressing or invading.
What's your 20? is part of a system of radio codes called 10-codes. They developed in the late 1930s when police squads began using two-way radio to communicate. One was 10-20, meaning “location.” Asking What's your 20? emerged as a way to seek another's whereabouts.
Basically, the ten plus another number has a particular meaning. For instance, 10-4 stands for «ok» or «message received.» Some police codes don't refer to crimes, emergencies, or direct work situations.
General. From 1889 (OED). 'Jack' was in general usage as slang for 'a policeman', but in World War I was adapted to 'a military policeman'. The 'military police' sense is attested in B&P, Digger Dialects, and F&G.
in Jamaica) a member of a group of lower- or working-class teenagers in the 1960s, noted for listening to ska music and for juvenile delinquency: they inspired the later rude-boy fashion in Britain. Also called: rudie, rudy, rudi. Word origin.
What to Know. Yeet is a slang word that functions broadly with the meaning “to throw,” but is especially used to emphasize forcefulness and a lack of concern for the thing being thrown.
Criss: Jamaican expression meaning “Pretty;” “fine;” or “okay.” Finnicky: Flighty; jumpy.
yute (plural yutes) (Jamaican Patois, MLE, MTE, derogatory, slang) A youth, a young person, often a young black person.
Indo-Jamaicans are the descendants of people who came from the Indian subcontinent to Jamaica. Indians form the third largest ethnic group in Jamaica after Africans and Multiracials. Indo-Jamaicans.
Jake is a boy's name of Hebrew origins meaning "supplanter." Jake comes from a long line of siblings, including Jack and John, and shares strong biblical ties via Jacob. Jacob was a prominent patriarch of the Israeli tribes in the Old Testament and Esau's twin brother.
A medieval form of Jack, which was originally a pet form of John, via the nickname Jankin, but now a name in its own right. John is originally from the Hebrew name Yochanan meaning "God is gracious".
Origins of the Name Jake
The name Jacob was widely used in the Middle Ages and later became a popular name in England, where it was often shortened to Jake.