Who taught : Jake and Andrew

Jones is one of the family names you can find here in the United States. Original meaning of Jones is “son of John.” There is no problem with name, Jones. But, people in America use this word as a verb many times.

For example, I have really been wanting to have Vietnamese Pho soup for a few weeks. And finally, I had it this afternoon. It was very good. While eating, I told Pat, Rachel and Jessy, “This is so good. I have been craving for this one for a while.” You all know the expression, craving for. Right? It basically means you want to have something very much.

Jonesing for (source:www.arhband.com)

Now, instead of saying “craving for,” you can use “jonesing for.” I could have said like, “This is so good. I have been jonesing for Pho soup for a while.”

I believe “jonesing” has even a stronger desire than “craving.” Do you know why? It is because of its origin, I guess. Here is what I found on the Internet about how people started to use this word to mean strong desire for something.

In early 1960’s, the word, “jones,” first appeared in African-American slang, it was as a noun meaning “a drug addiction, especially to heroin.” There are a few different stories why this word became to mean it but there is one story I can believe.

It may be that there once was an infamous drug dealer by that name, of course, or that “Mister Jones” was a common euphemism for one’s local heroin pusher.

In 1970’s, people started to use this word to mean, “gotta have it.” Since I have no experience of any type of drugs, I do not know how badly addicted people would want it. But, I believe it should be something so strong that people cannot wait any more. Am I right? Hey, I know some of you people out there have some experience. So tell me! Am I right? 🙂

Well, maybe smokers would know how it feels to jones for smoking when they try to quit. That is the feeling of this expression. Let’s now then practice, shall we. “Honey, I jones for iPad. Can I buy it?” 🙂