Jone

We had seen Jone swimming across the river.

To survive in the hood, you need to know how to jone.

note: Judy's clique "joans" him about his father's staying at home, not working, and giving his mother so many children; and about Lillie's and his other sisters' being "whores."

Guys built respectable reps in the community if they could jone hard. They made fun of each other's tacky clothes, berated each other's ugly mamas, talked about each other's shabby houses—highlighted any flaw they could find while competing to put each other down.

At school, these girls stood around on the edge of the playground wearing black leather jackets, sneaking cigarettes, and joning on each other.

"He [Caleb Williams] was just talking to me, telling me I always got jokes, I'm always joaning on him. I tell him that's not going to stop," McCain said.