Alternative forms

• JoJ

Etymology

A palindromization of job. Popularized by cs188's video "[YTP] No one needs foundation repair", first uploaded in 2011.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒɒʒ/, /dʒʌʒ/, /-dʒ/, [-ʒ(d̚)]Category:English 1-syllable words#JOJCategory:English 1-syllable words#JOJCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#JOJ

• Audio (UK):

  (file)

  Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#JOJ

Interjection

jojCategory:English lemmas#JOJCategory:English interjections#JOJCategory:English palindromes#JOJCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#JOJCategory:Pages with entries#JOJCategory:Pages with 8 entries#JOJ

2. (Internet slangCategory:English internet slang#JOJ, humorousCategory:English humorous terms#JOJ, nonce wordCategory:English nonce terms#JOJ) A nonsense word commonly used in YouTube Poop by playing an audio clip forward and in reverse consecutively; said in reference to this editing style, and to describe palindromes and humorously symmetrized images.

   Synonyms: sus, sos

   • 2019 June 11, Alfred Coleman III with SnapCube 2, “Minecraft w/ PaperBoxHouse #2”, in YouTube‎:

     You better fuf, and then you better broob, 'cause if you don't broob, you're nothing but a nothing, and then the nothing becomes a nothing, and then your nothing is a joj, and then your nothing is sus […]

     Category:English terms with quotations#JOJ

   • [2021, Randall Halle, “Cine-Cognition: Collage, Fragmentation, Integration” (chapter 6), in Visual Alterity: Seeing Difference in Cinema, →ISBN, pages 94–95:

     ViV [video in video], lagging or stuttering images to get figures to say nonsense words (“SuS”), became popular. […] What appears as chaos, nonsense, or distortion to someone outside the subculture turns out to be a set of references added on as layers and layers of images. Using rapid forward reverse and word-splice editing to make someone else’s project lag or getting a character to say “SuS” or “JoJ” becomes a form of legible code that has a multiplicity of possible orders.]

     Category:English terms with quotations#JOJ

   • 2023 January 28, brucebocchi, Tumblr‎:

     she JOJ on my SOS til i LOL

     Category:English terms with quotations#JOJ

   • 2023 May 16, efootmobile, Reddit‎:

     Rules for Dating DaThings: You better get a joj

     Category:English terms with quotations#JOJ

   • 2023 August 31, yamada-ryo, Tumblr‎:

     Saw this poster in the wild today and instinctively laughed out loud because like. That’s the Joj. The SoS. From my YTPs.

     Category:English terms with quotations#JOJ

   • 2024 July 10, theygotlost, Tumblr‎:

     #the JoJ burger.... with extra Sos

     Category:English terms with quotations#JOJ

     Category:en:YouTube Poop#JOJ

Noun

joj (plural joj dem, quantified joj)Category:Antigua and Barbuda Creole English lemmas#JOJCategory:Antigua and Barbuda Creole English nouns#JOJCategory:Antigua and Barbuda Creole English palindromes#JOJCategory:Antigua and Barbuda Creole English entries with incorrect language header#JOJCategory:Pages with entries#JOJCategory:Pages with 8 entries#JOJ

1. judge

Pronoun

joj (third person feminine singular, nominative case)Category:Baltic Romani lemmas#JOJCategory:Baltic Romani pronouns#JOJCategory:Baltic Romani personal pronouns#JOJCategory:Baltic Romani palindromes#JOJCategory:Baltic Romani entries with incorrect language header#JOJCategory:Pages with entries#JOJCategory:Pages with 8 entries#JOJ

1. (LitovskaCategory:Lithuanian Romani#JOJ) she

Etymology

From Proto-MayanCategory:Ch'orti' terms inherited from Proto-Mayan#JOJCategory:Ch'orti' terms derived from Proto-Mayan#JOJ *jooj.

Noun

jojCategory:Ch'orti' lemmas#JOJCategory:Ch'orti' nouns#JOJCategory:Ch'orti' palindromes#JOJCategory:Ch'orti' entries with incorrect language header#JOJCategory:Pages with entries#JOJCategory:Pages with 8 entries#JOJ

1. heron

References

• Hull, Kerry (2016), A Dictionary of Ch'orti' Mayan-Spanish-English, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, →ISBN, page 175

Etymology

Derived from EnglishCategory:Jamaican Creole terms derived from English#JOJ judge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒod͡ʒ/Category:Jamaican Creole terms with IPA pronunciation#JOJ

Verb

jojCategory:Jamaican Creole lemmas#JOJCategory:Jamaican Creole verbs#JOJCategory:Jamaican Creole palindromes#JOJCategory:Jamaican Creole entries with incorrect language header#JOJCategory:Pages with entries#JOJCategory:Pages with 8 entries#JOJ

1. to judge
   • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 7:1:

     "No joj piipl laik se Gad kyaahn paadn dem, so di siem sitn wi no riich unu.

     "Judge not, that you be not judged

     Category:Jamaican Creole terms with quotations#JOJ

     .

Further reading

• joj at majstro.com

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Serbo-Croatian entries#JOJ

Etymology 2

Of onomatopoeic origin.

References

• “joj”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Etymology

From Proto-MayanCategory:Tzotzil terms inherited from Proto-Mayan#JOJCategory:Tzotzil terms derived from Proto-Mayan#JOJ *jooj.

Noun

jojCategory:Tzotzil lemmas#JOJCategory:Tzotzil nouns#JOJCategory:Tzotzil palindromes#JOJCategory:Tzotzil entries with incorrect language header#JOJCategory:Pages with entries#JOJCategory:Pages with 8 entries#JOJ

1. common raven (Corvus corax)

References

• Hurley Vda. de Delgaty, Alfa; Ruíz Sánchez, Agustín (1978), Diccionario tzotzil de San Andrés con variaciones dialectales: Tzotzil - español, español - tzotzil (Series de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 22)‎ (in Spanish), México, D.F.: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en coordinación con la Secretaría de Educación Pública a través de la Dirección General de Educación a Grupos Marginados, page 66: “joj”
• Laughlin, Robert M. (1975), The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantán (Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology; 19), City of Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, →DOI, page 156: “hoh”
• Laughlin, Robert M.; Haviland, John B. (1988), The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of Santo Domingo Zinacantán, with Grammatical Analysis and Historical Commentary (Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology; 31), Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, →DOI, page 211: “joj”

Etymology

From Proto-MayanCategory:Yucatec Maya terms inherited from Proto-Mayan#JOJCategory:Yucatec Maya terms derived from Proto-Mayan#JOJ *jooj.

Noun

joj (plural jojoʼobCategory:Yucatec Maya links with redundant alt parameters#JOJ)Category:Yucatec Maya lemmas#JOJCategory:Yucatec Maya nouns#JOJCategory:Yucatec Maya palindromes#JOJCategory:Yucatec Maya entries with incorrect language header#JOJCategory:Pages with entries#JOJCategory:Pages with 8 entries#JOJ

1. raven, crow