Joanie
name, noun, slang ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 A young woman who dresses in an out-of-date and unfashionable manner. US, slang
"I mean phones are like mondo cool, because it's like you don't know what to wear until you check it out with at because they want you to show up looking like a joanie, you know?"
- 2 A small ornament of glass or china. dialectal, historical
""Your dogs!" cried Mr. Bridle. "You ninnyhammer! Why, us could buy a pack of they joanies in Newton for half-a-crown.""
- 1 A diminutive of the female given name Joan, from French.
Example
More examples"I mean phones are like mondo cool, because it's like you don't know what to wear until you check it out with at because they want you to show up looking like a joanie, you know?"
Etymology
From Joan + -ie. Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jessy, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna.
Possibly a reference to Joanie Cunningham, a character from the US sitcom Happy Days (1974–1984), set in the 1950s and 1960s. Compare Joan (“a placeholder or conventional name for a younger lower-class woman”).
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