Examples
“Turns out that one of the major causes of stress during traffic jams is the associated noise.”
“One way to lessen these shockwave traffic jams is to use your brakes as little as possible (albeit it safely).”
What Causes Traffic Jams? You. - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com
“At recent live shows, Wilco has played two new songs: "One Wing" recalls the melancholy, slowly building "Sky Blue Sky" closer "On and On and On," while "Sunny Feeling" has a sly main riff in keeping with loose jams from the last album.”
“The Red Sox's Kevin Youkilis said Matsuzuka's performance in tight jams is unbelievable: It's amazing.”
“Here we will simmer in jams today and jams tomorrow, watching broodingly and resentfully as the Fat Cats swing by at top speed for the next dollop of cream.”
“Play the Web and it works as both a regular music player on your desktop, but then, where it really kicks out the jams, is how it handles web pages.”
“But I really want to make some green-apple-pectin jams, so I'll have to do it someday.”
“The expansion will enable the plant to make a speciality pectin, known as low ester pectin, used in jams with low sugar content, fruit blends for sweets, bread and dairy products and as a stabilizer in yoghurt.”
“It was just like I've done all year, get myself in jams and try to make the quality pitch," Buehrle said.”
“He doesn't get in jams very often, but he has another level he goes to with runners in scoring position.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘jams’.
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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Things from my memory
nigger baby, mexican jumping bean, puddle jumper, mood ring, pet rock, cat scratch fever, taxman, hippie, vaseline, argyrol, mercurchrome, methiolade and 655 more...
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Permutations
There are 17576 different sequences of three letters (26 x 26 x 26). How many of them occur in words? General rules of engagement: mononyms only, lower case preferred to upper case, short preferred...
aaargh, niqaabi, Isaac, raad, baaed, haaf, laager, aah, kamaaina, Naajaat, aak, aalii and 637 more...
Tweets
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treeseed Many baby boomers remember the wildly popular JAMS shorts of the 1960s and 1980s. JAMS were closely associated with the California and Hawaii surf scenes. The JAMS brand still exists, and has grown into today's Jams World clothing and accessories line.
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Growing up in southern California among surfers I know this word as a generic term spelled without capital letters. It was used for any baggy knee length swim shorts with drawstring waist that came in loud floral patterns. Jams is short for pajamas and the comfort of pajamas is implied. Feb 12, 2008