This site uses cookies. Some of these cookies are essential to the operation of the site, while others help to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used. For more information, please see the ProZ.com privacy policy.
Cookie settings
Do you say "dissolution payout"?
"M" breakline "1"

Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

I got some jacks if anyone wants any

English answer:

children`s game - see below

Added to glossary by Sandra SAYN (X)
Apr 19, 2007 09:50
17 yrs ago
English term

I got some jacks if anyone wants any

English Art/Literary Games / Video Games / Gaming / Casino slang
A group of skateboarders are waiting for the start of a downhill speed race.
The punky girl in the group says "I got some jacks if anyone wants any."
This should be random chatter along the lines of "yeah right you're gonna even come near me..." and "let's start this stupid thing..."
Do you have any idea of what it could mean?
Responses
2 +3 children`s game - see below
4 +1 cigarettes or marijuana
1 loose reference to cards?

Discussion

grigua (asker) Apr 19, 2007:
(It's a teen rated game, I doubt it refers to cigarettes)

Responses

+3
46 mins
Selected

children`s game - see below

can it be this?
http://www.ehow.com/how_2964_play-jacks.html

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 47 mins (2007-04-19 10:37:51 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackstones
Peer comment(s):
neutral cmwilliams (X) : I doubt it in this context
1 hr
agree Rachel Vanarsdall : this is what I thought of also... maybe she is saying the others are a bunch of "babies"??? I'm not positive though.
1 hr
thanks
agree RHELLER : Jacks is a girls' game with a small ball and small objects that one must pick up quickly - usually for under age 11 - if you are not woman enough, go play jacks
5 hrs
thanks
agree Dave Calderhead : and with Rita - although in my very young days the game was not simply restricted to girls - you can still buy sets in small cloth bags at good toy stores. I've bought them for my kids when they were small.
7 hrs
thanks
Something went wrong...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Yep, she's mocking them. Cheers."
33 mins

loose reference to cards?

I was wondering if it could be a loose reference to playing cards - jacks being pretty high value in some games. Maybe it could be that she's saying she has some good skateboarding tricks (like a good hand of cards) if anyone is willing to take her on. This is just a guess, mind you!
Something went wrong...
+1
3 hrs

cigarettes or marijuana

given the context - I think cigarettes or marijuana are likely -
Reference:

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

Note from asker:
It's a teen rated game, I doubt that they would be so crazy to refer to cigarettes...
Peer comment(s):
agree Els Spin : I think so too. See: http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wrader/slang/j.html
1 hr
Thank you
agree cmwilliams (X)
2 hrs
Thank you
disagree RHELLER : absolutely not
2 hrs
Something went wrong...
Close search
Term search
  • All of ProZ.com
  • Term search
  • Jobs
  • Forums
  • Multiple search