jamoke
Origin / Etymology
Appeared at the end of the 19th century as a term for coffee, a blend of java + mocha.
By the 1920s or 1940s jamoke was also attested in the sense of "fool, idiot", perhaps suggesting they lacked mental abilities beyond that of a cup of coffee, or perhaps an unrelated word; the first syllable is reminiscent of jaboney, jiboney, and the second syllable is reminiscent of moke. Also spelled jamook, giamoke, and giamope, the term as used for an idiot has also been suggested to derive from a dialectal Italian (Neapolitan or Sicilian) word giamope. This dialect has produced other words with elided final vowels in American and Australian diaspora speech, such as gabagool.
In the 1960s it also began to be used as slang for male genitalia.
This term may be the origin of cup of joe and joe; see those entries for more.
Synonyms
alcatote, anaconda, arsehole, asshat, asshole, bald-headed hermit, baloney pony, banana, bayard, berk, birdbrain, birdie, blither, bobby, bobchin, bonehead, boonga, bozo, brickhead, buffoon, cack, Charlie, choad, choda, chode, chopper, chowderhead, chucklehead, chump, cigar, clart, clown, cock, coffee, colloquial, corey, crank, cucumber, custard launcher, D, der-brain, dick, dicklet, diddle, diddly, dill pickle, dim bulb, ding-a-ling, ding-dong, dingaling, dinger, dingle, dingleberry, dingus, dingy, dink, dinkle, dipshit, dipstick, dirk, dirtbrain, disco stick, div, divvo, divvy, dog bone, dolt, dong, donger, donk, Donkey Kong, doodle, doofus, dope, dork, dote, dotterel, down, dullard, dumb fuck, dumbass, dumbbell, dummy, dunce, dunderhead, dupe, fathead, fenderhead, fiddle, fire hose, fuckpole, fuckwit, fuzznut, geck, gherkin, gig, gink, goober, gooseberry, gowk, gubbins, gump, ha'p'orth, hairy canary, hammer, hog, Homer Simpson, hoo-hoo, hooter, hot dog, hot rod, ignoramus, imbecile, it, jade stalk, jamoke, java, jerk, jerkoff, jigger, jimmy, jock, joe, John Thomas, johnson, joint, jolterhead, jolthead, Jonathan, joystick, juggins, jughead, kielbasa, knob, knucklehead, lad, lamebrain, langer, lingam, love muscle, love sausage, love stick, love truncheon, love wand, machine, magnum, male member, mameluke (US (Italian-American), man-meat, manhood, maroon, Master John Goodfellow, meat, meat puppet, meat rod, meat scepter, meat stick, meathead, meatstick, member, membrum virile, mong, moron, mug, muggins, mushhead, nature's scythe, nimrod, nincompoop, nit, nitwit, nob, not the sharpest knife in the drawer, numps, numpty, numskull, nupson, oaf, old chap, old fellow, one-eyed trouser snake, organ, p-word, package, pecker, pee-pee, pee-wee, peen, pego, penis, Percy, peter, phallus, pickle, piece, piece of pork, pike, pillicock, pillock, pingas, pinhead, pink cigar, pink oboe, pintle, pipe, pisser, piston, pizzle, plonker, pork sword, prat, prick, pud, purple-headed yogurt slinger, putz, python, ramrod, rape tool, retard, rod, root, rutter, salami, sausage, schlong, schmo, schmuck, sex tool, shaft, shit for brains, shithead, shitwit, shlong, shmekl (qualifier, short arm, skin flute, slang), snake, snapperhead, snausage, softhead, sot, spitstick, stem, stretcher, stupid, sucker, swipe, tadger, tagger, tail, tallywhacker, tarse, thickhead, thing, thingy, third leg, tic tac, todger, tonto, tool, tosser, tosspot, trouser monkey, trouser snake, truncheon, tube steak, twat, twerp, twit, unit, virile member, wally, wang, wantwit, wazzock, weapon, wee-wee, weenie, weeny, whang, wick, widdler, widgie, wiener, willie, willy, wingwang, winkle, winky, yampy, yard, Yiddish), ying-yang
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