Jimmy
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- //ˈd͡ʒɪmi//
A diminutive of the male given names James or Jim, also used as a formal given name.
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A diminutive of the male given names James or Jim, also used as a formal given name.
Heaven only knows why a man with a strong biblical name like James wants to be a president named Jimmy.
The other living ex-presidents are Jimmy Carter, who has been in hospice care for over a year, and George W. Bush, who is very friendly with both Obama and Clinton, but as a Republican is unlikely to campaign for Biden even given his disdain for Trump’s contempt for democracy.
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familierA colloquial (potentially unfriendly or disparaging) way of addressing any male whose name is unknown to the speaker.
Étymologie
Etymology tree English Jim Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English Jimmy From Jim + -y.
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argotShortened form of Jimmy Riddle, a piddle, a piss.
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Variante de jimmyAlternative form of jimmy (“a mature male crab”).
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A General Motors diesel truck or diesel locomotive, or the diesel engine thereof; (by extension) any GMC truck, even a gasoline-powered pickup or SUV.
a Jimmy diesel
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A General Motors diesel truck or diesel locomotive, or the diesel engine thereof; (by extension) any GMC truck, even a gasoline-powered pickup or SUV. A prime mover powered by a two-stroke Detroit Diesel engine.
Was the dark of the moon on the sixth of June In a Kenworth pullin' logs. Cab-over Pete with a reefer on And a Jimmy haulin' hogs.
Étymologie
From the initialism GM (/ˌd͡ʒiˈɛm/), by jocular alteration of sound playing on the diminutive given name.
Formes
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- Jimmys, Jimmies
Jimmy · A diminutive of the male given names James or Jim, also used as a formal given name.
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