joning

alternative joaning

1. slanguncountableAfrican-American VernacularThe act of joning (roasting) someone; banter.

   Good jonin' required a brutal wit, a sharp tongue, and a thick skin.

   1994, Nathan McCall, Makes Me Wanna Holler: A Young Black Man in America, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →ISBN, page 23

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   In this city there is another name for the Dozens, "joaning." […] "Joaning" is reported by children from middle and upper-class families.

   1939, John Dollard, “The Dozens: Dialectic of Insult”, in American Imago, Boston, M.A.: Hanns Sachs, →ISSN, →JSTOR, →OCLC, page 15

   "Stephon and Jeanette, please," Mona said, interrupting. "Don't start this today. The two of you get on my nerves with this joaning stuff."

   2004, Brenda Hampton, My Way or No Way, reprint edition, Bridgeton, M.O.: Voices Books & Publishing, published 2006, →ISBN, page 198

   Synonyms: signifying, dropping lugs, sounding, capping, snapping, dissing, busting, bagging

alternative joaning

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of jone