Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A loose short-sleeved gown opening in the back, worn by patients undergoing medical treatment or examination.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. [capitalized] A diminutive of the name John. It was applied as a nickname by the Federal soldiers to the Confederates during the war of the rebellion.
- n. In ichthyology, a cottoid fish, Oligocottus maculosus, with a naked skin, slender head narrowed above, and pointed snout. It is a small species, very abundant along the western coast of the United States.
- n. Among sailors, a kind of penguin, Pygoscelis tæniata.
- n. The fish Etheostoma nigrum, a kind of darter.
- n. A hanger-on about a theater.
Wiktionary
- n. slang A condom.
- n. New Zealand, pejorative An inexperienced new worker, usually an immigrant.
- n. A gown with a back opening closed with snaps or ties, worn by hospital patients.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A familiar diminutive of john.
- n. (Zoöl.), Local cant A sculpin.
WordNet 3.0
- n. `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
Etymologies
- From the name Johnny, nickname for John. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Big johnny is a pimply 14 year old moron who no girl will ever touch in his whole life who comes here to amuse himself by being a punk on the internet”
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“We love it. and shes thinks johnny is hot and wants his baby.”
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“Watanabex: "i loved me some natalie too, she was great in johnny english liked seeing her again”
“He himself was going to boil the quart-pot tea and would give Biddy a demonstration in johnny-cakes, made bush fashion at their own camp fire.”
“Since johnny is such a p*ssy, what do two bottoms like you do anyway?”
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“i loved me some natalie too, she was great in johnny english liked seeing her again”
“January 9th, 2008 at 3: 31 pm baedo says: stranger: don’t forget dina meyer in johnny pnmneumnmonic … she made that flick! oh, and i liked that guy from Black Flag, too.”
“Link my johnny was a shoemaker, but now he's gone to sea”
“He is bashed up and dressed in a hospital johnny, which is kind of cute.”
“The rifle of John Crockett supplied his guests with the choicest venison steaks, and his wife baked in the ashes the "journey cake," since called johnny cake, made of meal from corn pounded in a mortar or ground in a hand-mill.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘johnny’.
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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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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11250 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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boys names
boys names
christopher, chris, john, johnny, andrew, andy, beauregaurd, beau, kelly, kelley
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British Cant & Slang, Old & New
Mostly, the cant words come from my reprint of Francis Grose's 1785 dictionary of 'The Vulgar Tongue', while the more modern slang has been found at various online sources, e.g. this online diction...
bog-standard, bumbaclot, brown trouser moment, bingo wings, bobfoc, babber, sweating, tantadlin tart, taplash, timber toe, tray trip, twiddle-diddles and 209 more...
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South Yorkshire medical terminology
For definitions see the source document.
"All the words and phrases included in this guide are those that have been used by patients during consultations and have been included to assi...winkle, wind pipe, willy, widgy, well, it's a nogg..., wee-wee, water, uncle sam, tuppence, tummy ache, trotters, tootsies and 123 more...
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Tunie: The Devil Went Down to Georgia
The devil went down to Georgia, he was looking for a soul to steal.
He was in a bind 'cos he was way behind: he was willin' to make a deal.
When he came across this young man sawin' on ...mount, son of a gun, granny, dough, bread pan, risin' sun, chair, demon, hiss, evil, fingertip, broke loose and 14 more...
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War-die: Them
List of terms related to the creation of distance between us and them, especially in the context of wars. I realise that some of these words may be distasteful, abusive, untruthful or offensive. I ...
fritz, klaus, jerry, krauts, nips, japs, vc, horries, hajjis, sand niggers, yankees, gooks and 10 more...
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perhapsolutely's Words
polyradiculoneuro..., abulia, abubble, abscission, abaft, zareba, abatis, abigail, abiogenesis, ablate, ablaut, abo and 1705 more...
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Selected words from the Queen's English
British words/phrases/slang I love using in everyday conversation.
yob, wotcher, wotsit, arse, balls-up, barmy, bint, bloke, blimey, bobby, bollocks, brolly and 78 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for johnny.
skipvia Also Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry Feb 9, 2008
chained_bear "Frankie & Johnny," by Duke Ellington (among others)
"Hangin' Johnny" by Great Big Sea (among others)
"Gently Johnny" by Paul Giovanni
"Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier," and of course "When Johnny Comes Marching Home"
And "Johnny Scobie." Feb 9, 2008