Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Informal Brewed coffee.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A fourpenny-piece. Also joey.
- n. [capitalized] An old jest: same as Joe Miller.
- n. A lobster too small to be sold legally—that is, one under ten inches in length.
- n. A Portuguese and Brazilian gold coin, worth from eight to nine dollars.
- n. A master; a superior.
- n. A sweetheart; a darling.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. See johannes.
Etymologies
- Short for (old black) joe, military slang for coffee, from the title of a song by Stephen Foster.
Examples
“UnMicD: As another poster noted, "+" has special meaning: it and everything after it up to the @, of course is ignored in determining the actual addressee. joe@, joe+a@, joe+cnjxcvnjsjvsvjs@ all go to joe.”
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“guyz2 let joe decide himself who he wants to go out with its not us who tell him 2 go out with this girl or that girl..its all up to joe,,btw..joe make more songs..i like ur song When u lo0k me in the eyes,,btw thnx”
Joe Jonas Hospitalized; Joe Jonas Head Injury Rushed To Hospital
“We will be in NOVA this weekend ... as soon as Aimee gets a ride from Blacksburg. woohoo redskins touchdown!!! apparently, some people find the term joe six pack offensive. what elitists.”
“Fred ♪ ♫ ♪ says: mary lacewing, another joe is a troll.”
“November 25, 2009 at 12: 08 am not sure what the john barrowman comment was about – joe is nothing like him.”
“I have worked with many people in olympia in my time as an LA, as a anti-poverty advocate, and as a community organizer, and joe is one of my favorite people by far.”
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“Articulate, sharp, and personable - joe is someone I often bounce policy ideas off of.”
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“Wel lmaybe joe is gonna now say he will vote for it.”
“And I am not talking about the typical joe from the bush, I am talking about people with degrees, ask them about global news and they know nothing, they base their knowledge on CNN.”
“Are you under the impression that joe is a Republican?”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘joe’.
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•Open List: Songboys
Inspired by gangerh's extremely addictive list songbirds, this is the same type list, but for male names. Same rules apply:
Names of boys in song titles. Not in the lyrics, just in the title...jack, jesse, jakey, john, arthur, nick, donald, bill, billy, gideon, riley, charlie and 95 more...
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People commonly known by their first names
rembrandt, galileo, dante, beck, jewel, madonna, cher, saddam, elvis, usain, vangelis, michelangelo and 103 more...
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Boys Names
List of Boys names
danny, daniel, bobby, robert, chris, christopher, dan, bob, rob, jeff, jeffery, jeffrey and 105 more...
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old timey talk
Words or Sayings from the 1920's or whatever that no one really uses anymore (at least in that context).
scram, bearcat, heavens to betsy, dick, double-cross, ducky, gams, goofy, hooch, jalopy, john, joe and 174 more...
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Scrabble Names
Given names that were acceptable for play the last time I checked the OWL.
kris, ray, barb, morris, kat, mark, maria, erica, marge, mason, hunter, hazel and 164 more...
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Public List: A Horse is a Horse
Famous TV horses and their riders/owners. I was very into these as a child...
trigger, buttermilk, tornado, phantom, rafter, mr. ed, horse, silver, scout, diablo, loco, fury and 26 more...
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funny names
funny names
gertrude, vernon, clarence, stanley, edwick, edwick the dead cow, bert, sebastian, yngwie, cliff, gary, barbara and 59 more...
lea What the heck is going on here? You almost made me spill my joe! - Third Rock From The Sun Mar 12, 2009
yarb Citation on doubloon (in the sense of a type of coin). Jul 29, 2008
chained_bear Also a shortened version of johannes (as in the coin). Usage on mohur. Mar 16, 2008
skipvia Hey Joe by the Leaves, Love, Jimi Hendrix, and just about everyone else. Feb 9, 2008
chained_bear "Haul Away Joe" is a pretty famous sea shanty. Feb 9, 2008
treeseed An appaloosa horse named Joe was the mount of The Virginian played by James Drury on the TV series The Virginian. Some people have heard this as "Jody" but Drury is on record as saying the horse was named Joe. More than one appaloosa horse played this part. Feb 1, 2008