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)
jar (noun)
British informal: A glass of beer. (NOA)
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)
jar (noun)
British informal: A glass of beer. (NOA)
A glass of beer; thus the phrase with a few jars on, meaning drunk. (Green's)
jetsam (noun)
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)
jetsam (noun)
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)
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)Example (Discarded odds and ends): A notebook filled with flotsam and jetsam.
See: flotsam, flotsam and jetsam
jihad (noun)
jihad (noun)
Arabic: A holy war waged on behalf of Islam as a religious duty. (MW)
A holy war, against infidels, fought by Muslims, on behalf of Islam.
A holy war, against infidels, fought by Muslims, on behalf of Islam.
(Chambers Dictionary)
A holy war in which Islam allows Muslims to fight against those who reject its teachings. (CDC)
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)
See: dhimmitude
juggernaut (noun)
A huge, powerful, and overwhelming force or institution. (OD)
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)
See: leviathan