Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
johnnies
English answer:
boys, guys, fellows, home-boys, dudes
Added to glossary by
Vladimir Dubisskiy
Jul 13, 2007 05:04
16 yrs ago
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johnnie
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For example, in:
..he glanced swiftly around and then winked: 'You johnnies got a whole book of tricks.
I would love to know (as i need to find an equivalent in another language) - what is the attitude of the speaker who is using this word? I mean is it humiliating to be called 'johnny', or else..
Because of the nature of my question i am not sure how to grade it, therefore it's 'not for points question, sorry.
..he glanced swiftly around and then winked: 'You johnnies got a whole book of tricks.
I would love to know (as i need to find an equivalent in another language) - what is the attitude of the speaker who is using this word? I mean is it humiliating to be called 'johnny', or else..
Because of the nature of my question i am not sure how to grade it, therefore it's 'not for points question, sorry.
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47 mins
Jonathan MacKerron
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English
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Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
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80
Selected
boys, guys, fellows, home-boys, dudes
without more context to go on.
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Note added at 51 mins (2007-07-13 05:56:35 GMT)
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backdoor johnnies, jonny-come-lately, John (person frequenting a prostitute), jonny cake, OED ="Also used as a representative proper name for a footman, butler, waiter, messenger, or the like, and in other ways"; "A policeman; (less commonly) a detective. In full, johndarm ("dZQndA;m) [ad. F. gendarme]. Also with suffixed quasi-surname, as John Dunn (Austral.), John Hop (Austral. and N.Z.), John Law (U.S.)" jonny = " a. Applied humorously or contemptuously to various classes of men: A fellow, chap; spec. a nickname given to Englishmen in the Mediterranean, to the Confederate soldiers in the American civil war, etc.; in recent use chiefly denoting a fashionable young man of idle habits."
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Note added at 51 mins (2007-07-13 05:56:35 GMT)
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backdoor johnnies, jonny-come-lately, John (person frequenting a prostitute), jonny cake, OED ="Also used as a representative proper name for a footman, butler, waiter, messenger, or the like, and in other ways"; "A policeman; (less commonly) a detective. In full, johndarm ("dZQndA;m) [ad. F. gendarme]. Also with suffixed quasi-surname, as John Dunn (Austral.), John Hop (Austral. and N.Z.), John Law (U.S.)" jonny = " a. Applied humorously or contemptuously to various classes of men: A fellow, chap; spec. a nickname given to Englishmen in the Mediterranean, to the Confederate soldiers in the American civil war, etc.; in recent use chiefly denoting a fashionable young man of idle habits."
Note from asker:
| I am actually came out with this one. Thank you very much! |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
RHELLER
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thx, long live the OED and Webster's 3rd International!
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Tony M
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Elena Aleksandrova
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46 mins
Richard Benham
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24
casual, but not insulting...
I don't know why, but it seems a bit insulting to call someone a "Wally", but not a "Johnny". Maybe a touch condescending, but not insulting or whatever.
Note from asker:
| Thank you, Richard! |
54 mins
very familiar - not very respectful
I found a reference - to confederate soldiers (Southerners, in the U.S. Civil War)
A man who fights five to one is five times a fool. I'm a good Johnny Reb myself, though I keep off the fightin' lines.
Hey, there, you Johnnies!” came a loud hail from the other side of the river .....
thunderbird.k12.ar.us/.../A/Altsheler,%20Joseph%20A/The%20Star%20of%20Gettysburg.htm - 576k
A man who fights five to one is five times a fool. I'm a good Johnny Reb myself, though I keep off the fightin' lines.
Hey, there, you Johnnies!” came a loud hail from the other side of the river .....
thunderbird.k12.ar.us/.../A/Altsheler,%20Joseph%20A/The%20Star%20of%20Gettysburg.htm - 576k
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