jabberwocky (noun)§
Invented or meaningless language; nonsense. (NOA)
Meaningless speech or writing. (MW)
Invented or meaningless language; nonsense. (NOA)
Meaningless speech or writing. (MW)
Nonsensical speech or writing. (AHD)
Nonsense verse; meaningless syllables that seem to make sense; gibberish; a playful imitation of language consisting of invented, meaningless words. An example of writing or speech consisting of or containing meaningless words. (CDC)
Nonsense verse; meaningless syllables that seem to make sense; gibberish; a playful imitation of language consisting of invented, meaningless words. An example of writing or speech consisting of or containing meaningless words. (CDC)
Nonsensical language. The noun jabberwocky comes from a poem by the same name that Lewis Carroll included in his book Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, which he wrote in 1871. The poem is full of colorful nonsense words, including the word jabberwocky itself. (VC)
Invented language, meaningless language, nonsensical behavior. (OED)
jar (noun)§
Great Britain
jar (noun)§
Great Britain
British informal, a glass of beer. (NOA)
A glass of beer; thus the phrase with a few jars on, meaning drunk. (Green's)
Grok: In British English slang, a jar refers to a glass of beer or, more broadly, a glass of alcoholic drink, especially beer. For example, the phrase let's have a jar means to go for a drink together. (Grok)
Gemini: An informal/slang term that refers to a glass of alcoholic drink, especially beer. It is typically used in phrases when suggesting a drink in a pub or bar. Examples: Do you fancy going out for a quick jar after work? or We had a few jars together last night. (Gemini)
A drink (of beer, etc.) (OED)
jetsam (noun)§
jetsam (noun)§
Maritime law
Debris that was deliberately thrown overboard by a crew of a ship in distress, most often to lighten the ship's load. (NOAA)
The part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore. (MW)
The part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore. (MW)
Goods that are cast overboard from a ship, especially in an attempt to lighten the ship, and that sink to the bottom of a body of water (or are washed ashore). Discarded odds and ends. (AHD)
Goods jettisoned from a ship and washed up on the shore. (CHM)
Floating objects that are thrown into the water from a ship, usually used in the phrase flotsam and jetsam; often used figuratively. (BD)
That portion of the equipment or cargo of a vessel thrown overboard to lighten her, as during a storm. That part of the cargo or equipment thrown overboard to lighten a ship in danger. Such material washed ashore. Discarded things. (CDC)
Unwanted material or goods that have been thrown overboard from a ship and washed ashore, especially material that has been discarded to lighten the vessel. (NOA)Floating objects that are thrown into the water from a ship; often used figuratively. (BD)
Things that are thrown away from ships and then float onto the land. (CD)
Goods discarded from a ship and washed ashore; specifically, such material thrown overboard in order to lighten a vessel. Also, goods washed overboard during a storm or shipwreck. In extended use, something washed up or discarded; refuse, detritus. (OED)
Example (Discarded odds and ends): A notebook filled with flotsam and jetsam.
Example (Discarded odds and ends): A notebook filled with flotsam and jetsam.
See: flotsam, flotsam and jetsam
jihad (noun)§
jihad (noun)§
Arabic: struggle
A holy war waged on behalf of Islam as a religious duty. A crusade for a principle or belief. (MW)
A Muslim holy war or spiritual struggle for the propagation or defense of Islam. A campaign against perceived foes, especially such a campaign regarded as fanatical or immoderate. (AHD)
A Muslim holy war or spiritual struggle for the propagation or defense of Islam. A campaign against perceived foes, especially such a campaign regarded as fanatical or immoderate. (AHD)
A war fought by Muslims to defend or spread their beliefs. (BD)
A holy war, against infidels, fought by Muslims, on behalf of Islam. (CHM)
A holy war in which Islam allows Muslims to fight against those who reject its teachings. (CDC)
A holy war waged by Muslims against infidels. Among some groups of Muslims, jihad is often used to mean holy war, or a violent struggle against the enemies of Islam. (VC)
An often violent effort by some Muslim people to defend their religion against those who they believe want to destroy it. An extreme struggle against someone or something that you believe is wrong or bad. (CD)
The religious duty to strive against external forces, for example unbelievers, and for the protection of the Islamic community, including through military action. An instance of this; a particular struggle, war, etc., undertaken with these aims. Figuratively, an ideological campaign waged on or against a person, idea, etc. Frequently with against, on, etc. (OED)
Note: Question: When Muslims name a male child Jihad, are they naming him "inner struggle" or "holy war against the infidels"? To ask the question is to answer it.
jizya or jizyah (noun)§
Arabic
A capitation tax formerly levied on non-Muslims by an Islamic state. (MW)
Historically, a tax paid by non-Muslim populations to their Muslim rulers. (EB)
The poll tax formerly paid by minority religious groups within the Muslim empire. (CDC)
Under traditional shari'a law, a poll tax levied on non-Muslim subjects of an Islamic state. (AHD)
Under traditional shari'a law, a poll tax levied on non-Muslim subjects of an Islamic state. (AHD)
Grok: Jizya, also spelled jizyah, is a historical tax levied on non-Muslim subjects, known as dhimmis, living in states governed by Islamic law, serving as a form of tribute in exchange for protection and exemption from military service. It originated in the early Islamic period during the time of the Prophet Muhammad and was formalized under the Rashidun Caliphate, remaining a key fiscal policy in various Muslim empires through the medieval era. The term is often mistranslated as a poll tax or head tax, but it was more akin to a per capita levy, varying by individual wealth and status, and was not imposed on Muslims who paid zakat instead. (Grok)
See: dhimmitude
juggernaut (noun)§
A huge, powerful, and overwhelming force or institution. (NOA)
A massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path. (MW)
A large powerful force or organization that cannot be stopped. A very large and powerful company, organization, or industry. (CD)
Something that is very powerful, especially something that has a bad effect. (MD)
If you describe an organization or group as a juggernaut, you are critical of them because they are large and extremely powerful, and you think they are not being controlled properly. Any terrible force, especially one that destroys or that demands complete self-sacrifice. Anything that exacts blind devotion or terrible sacrifice. Any relentless, destructive, irresistible force. Anything requiring blind devotion or cruel sacrifice. (CDC)
Figuratively, an institution, practice, or notion to which persons blindly devote themselves, or are ruthlessly sacrificed. (OED)
Grok: Any enormous, relentless, or unstoppable force, entity, or process that crushes everything in its way, such as a juggernaut of a political campaign or the juggernaut of technological progress. (Grok)
Gemini: A massive, irresistible, or overwhelming force or object that crushes or sweeps away everything in its path. This is often used to describe things like a powerful company, a highly successful sports team, a political movement, or an unstoppable trend. (Gemini)