[X4U] Jonesing/jonsed out

[Konrad Waibel]

I hesitate to cite this because it is from wikipedia, but it is  
fairly clear about "keeping up with the Joneses" origin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keeping_up_with_the_Joneses

As far as American use is concerned, this is one online source with  
48 something-for-everyone entries for "jones".

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

Regards,
Konrad.
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On Feb 15, 2008, at 5:04 PM, Linda wrote:

> So some of you have written both on and offlist, claiming sources  
> that link
> "jonesing" to heroin. That's fine. I like the evolution I read once  
> upon a
> time, from Bill Bryson, another well-known and esteemed  
> etymologist, better.
> Que sera, sera.
>
> Perhaps "Keeping up with the Joneses" also evolved from the heroin
> terminology? He doesn't say. I would argue that there's a  
> physiological
> reaction to heroin addiction, and that's not true of jonesing for  
> an iMac, a
> car, a milkshake, or anything I've heard "jonesing" used in  
> reference to.
> Addiction is an actual illness. Wanting what someone else has, is  
> not...
>
> At any rate, I'm happy with the drugless etymological explanation,  
> and as
> long as I have Bryson's book in my personal library, we'll just  
> have to
> agree that there is disagreement in the world as to the etymology of
> "jonesing". :-)
>
> ~Linda
>
>
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