Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A toilet.
- noun A man who is a prostitute's customer.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A common name for a man or boy, often used, like
Jack ,- its synonym, to designate a man or a boy in general or indefinitely, especially an awkward fellow.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A proper name of a man.
- noun a sort of apple ripe about St. John's Day. Same as
Apple-john . - noun an ideal personification of the typical characteristics of an Englishman, or of the English people.
- noun English character.
- noun (Law) the name formerly given to the fictitious plaintiff in an action of ejectment.
- noun (Zoöl.) An oval, compressed, European food fish (
Zeus faber ). Its color is yellow and olive, with golden, silvery, and blue reflections. It has a round dark spot on each side. Called alsodory ,doree , andSt. Peter's fish .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun slang A
prostitute 'sclient . - noun slang, US A
lavatory ,toilet . - noun slang An
outhouse privy . Alsojohnny house . - noun slang A name often used as a generic reference to a male of European, North-American, or Australian origin, while travelling in East Asia.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation
- noun a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
- noun youngest son of Henry II; King of England from 1199 to 1216; succeeded to the throne on the death of his brother Richard I; lost his French possessions; in 1215 John was compelled by the barons to sign the Magna Carta (1167-1216)
- noun the last of the four Gospels in the New Testament
- noun a prostitute's customer
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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JOHN C. REILLY because we just can't get enough of hearing about jennifer aniston's sex life, john c. reilly admitted that during their sex scene in the good girl (yeah, i completely forgot that movie even existed too,) aniston essentially wore an entire suit of armor just so she wouldn't have to touch
popbytes 2010
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IF you Repub fools would read the ENTIRE article, it states the funds will be paid back ... stop cryin ... john
A pricey proposal 2009
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Big man. oh lookie here another swooning spooned here, big john is a man around horse crap, and the republican t loves its crap.
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I'm sure someone as smart as Clinton will still know how to use her brain john h
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Apr. 12th, 2010 08: 42 pm (UTC) mainstream cage match! lieutenant frederic henry vs captain john yossarian
Cage Match Postscript grrm 2010
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Fred ♪ ♫ ♪ says: big john is really a little worm.
Think Progress » Wall Street Republicans Form ‘Action Tank’ To Push Corporate Agenda 2010
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March 7th, 2010 at 8: 31 pm just the bleepn facts says: bitblt says: buttblight keeps whining about being stoned for purity sins, but heyzeus was very clear in john 8 that behaving with the “judgment” against others and stoning was in itself was just as evil.
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Bozo The Neoclown says: big john, is english your first language?
Think Progress » Palin says she’s fine with Limbaugh’s use of the ‘r-word.’ 2010
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March 5th, 2010 at 1: 05 pm bitblt says: buttblight keeps whining about being stoned for purity sins, but heyzeus was very clear in john 8 that behaving with the “judgment” against others and stoning was in itself was just as evil.
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In response to the protests in Hong Kong, so-called "John Lennon Walls" -- filled with sticky notes showing solidarity with the demonstrators -- have popped up all around the world.
Cal students clash at sticky note 'Lennon wall' over Hong Kong protests 2019
seanahan commented on the word john
Ouch John, not even the first one to list your own name. I picture you putting Wordie online like opening an amusement park, and Riddley runs past you to get into the line for the best roller coater.
November 15, 2007
john commented on the word john
Damn you, Riddley!
Actually, I hadn't thought to Wordie myself until now. At least I got the username :-)
WeirdNet (I love that coinage, CB), at it again. You'd think 'boys name' might be the first definition.
November 15, 2007
skipvia commented on the word john
Following an earlier discussion today, John is a username that is a capitonym.
November 15, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word john
Much as I'd love to take credit, I think it was reesetee that came up with WeirdNet.
November 15, 2007
reesetee commented on the word john
It was--just after we noticed that WeirdNet is doing weird things with our definitions. I named it after a strange guy I knew years ago named Edward (a.k.a. Headweird).
No offense to any Edwards out there. :-)
November 15, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word john
"John Barbour" is a neat song by Great Big Sea.
"John Henry" is an old folk tune I have a few recordings of.
"Abraham, Martin and John" by Dion... "Sloop John B.," popularized by the Beach Boys... And one of the great songs from 1776 is "Sit Down, John."
February 9, 2008
plethora commented on the word john
See Our John.
April 28, 2009
bilby commented on the word john
As a shadowtailed riverhorse, some of the possibilities are zany, jock, Yank.
August 24, 2009
vendingmachine commented on the word john
It's been years (I'm assuming) since any of us have heard how John is doing. Before wordnik, we were wordie. I was frogapplause back then. As much as I love, love Erin, it all started with John.
I was trying to compile the user names of all the old gang, but I was afraid of slighting someone by forgetting a name or two. Is there a list of all the wordie people somewhere?
October 7, 2021
erinmckean commented on the word john
Hi vendingmachine! I hear from John from time to time, I will pass on your good wishes when I hear from him again! There are a few lists that feature Wordienames, including best-wordie-user-names and wordie-members, if that helps?
October 10, 2021
vendingmachine commented on the word john
Thanks, Erin. You're terrific.
October 11, 2021