Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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name
An affectionate short form of the female given names Joanne, Joanna, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A male given name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A seasoned, battered and fried potato wedge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: British-Columbia, Northwestern, US, in-plural
Qualifier: Ohio
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History
Reduplication of Jo.
Reportedly coined on the spot by an employee of the Flavor-Crisp pressure fryer company at a Chicago trade show in the early 1960s. The potatoes were used to "clean the grease" between demonstrations of cooking chicken and fish, but customers unexpectedly started eating and enjoying them, leading someone to inquire what they were called.
