Definitions
Etymologies
- Shortening and alteration of pajamas, pl. of pajama. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The kids get their stockings here, then whiz! into the car (in jammies and slippers) to Papa's house (grandfather) to open presents then wham! home for our gifts under the tree then back in the car again!”
“This post was fun and revealing. .you post in jammies too! by”
“Though I’m lucky, I suppose; the area where I live (Brooklyn) is lousy with freelancers, so delivery guys don’t give me any funny looks when I answer the door in jammies or look like I just woke up from a nap (though I usually don’t nap; I apparently just look sleepy when I’m really in the Zone with wordcount).”
“That’s something I got from my dad, who never let me stay in jammies past about 9 AM.”
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“We found crossword jammies for $60 at pajamagram.com, should you decide to doodle on your knee or your sleeve.”
“This was the holistic, honest, vulnerable, and often hilarious point-of-view Joanne took as she described how the Web saved her, allowing her to work from home, on her own schedule, in her "jammies," if need be.”
“By the way - please tell me they're the kind of jammies with the feet and the little ducky tail sewed onto the seat.”
“I don't wear 'jammies' per say but I wore my long sleeve red henley that comes down nearly to my knees and jockey shorts all weekend except while I was sleeping, showering, or wallowing in the tub (yes there were bubbles involved).”
“But it's 2: 00 am and you're sitting up in bed in your jammies?”
“Let's get out of those jammies before Noon tomorrow and try to find a job!”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘jammies’.
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EN - baby talk
whoopsie, kitty, baba, beddy-bye, binkie, blankie, boo-boo, botty, bow-wow, brekkie, brekfee, bubby and 84 more...
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Jams, Jellies, and Preserves
I've thought of a few of the most common sorts. Additions sought.
traffic, door, toe, fish, wildlife, bean, strawberry, apricot, raspberry, blackberry, boysenberry, grape and 51 more...
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Scrabble words which start with the l...
juvenile, juvenal, jutty, jute, jut, justness, justly, justle, justify, justice, juster, just and 534 more...
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Words grabbed from real life conversa...
If I've seen it, heard it, or marvelled at it, I'll stick it here.
cruft, ermine, redundant, shakespearean, camino, marvelous, stupendous, chagrin, shaven, sleek, smug, stillness and 325 more...
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sarahatlee's Words
pants, nekkid, schadenfreude, unseasonably, illicit, glaswegian, cripes, futz, drawers, scupper, coulrophobic, redacted and 254 more...
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words I don't like very much
many frequently used by moms; words that sound dirtier than they are
crisp, grunge, cuddle, puke, smear, voucher, manipulate, fodder, coddle, fecund, chunk, hunk and 71 more...
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KellyTheSoSo's Words
masticate, fenagle, conundrum, microfiche, excursus, vile, cavort, jammies, oroboros, buzzing, platonic, bother and 30 more...
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seanmeade's Words
ubiquitous, defenestrate, schadenfreude, mellifluous, doppelganger, penultimate, antepenultimate, avuncular, apotheosis, apogee, cygnet, eponymous and 52 more...
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J is for Jack Russell
My J Words
jabberwocky, jack russell, jack-a-bee, jackabee, jackpot, jalopy, jambalaya, jammies, jeepers creepers, jezebel, jitterbug, jolly roger and 19 more...
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least favorite words
jammies, engorged, tummy, pustule, crotch, plop, fecund, panties, nostril, belly, pimple, hon
Tweets
Looking for tweets for jammies.
garzag It's raining, the kids out out of school; definitely a jammies day! Jan 4, 2010
reesetee Zoiks. I'll never look at my jammies the same way again.... ;-) Apr 4, 2007
uselessness I always pictured a serious thrash metal band jamming in their jammies, presumably rocking the faces off a thinning crowd of drunk wannabe goth computer engineers and stay-at-home moms. A fashion statement that never said anything. A handful of ashamed groupies. The farewell tour no one planned. Apr 4, 2007
seanmeade 'no one sleeps naked in this house, boy!' Mar 30, 2007