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An early label for aesthetic, literary male-male romance manga aimed at women, named after and popularised by the magazine June; a forerunner of the Boys' Love genre.

The player flying the squad off the dropship, steering the descent and calling the landing spot. Get it wrong and you all eat a hot drop.

A knitted pullover; what Americans call a sweater. Also 'jersey'.

You jump and let the nade go at the exact apex so it sails the maximum distance the same way every time. Essential for those map-spanning smoke and molly lineups.

jump the turnstile

To enter the subway system without paying by vaulting or ducking the turnstile.

A plainclothes anti-crime or narcotics unit that ambushes street-level suspects by screeching up in an unmarked car and piling out. Feared on the block; controversial in oversight circles.

Undercover or plain-clothes police units who roll up in unmarked vehicles and literally jump out to stop, search, or arrest suspects. London's Met has them, US cities have them, and drill scenes everywhere have a name for them.

The state of being drunk; a bender. 'Tener un jumo' = to be wasted.

Being drunk or a drinking binge; 'coger una jumeta' is to get wasted.

A sheep; famously in the song 'Waltzing Matilda'.

A restless spirit or evil apparition in Caribbean folklore; the source of many children's warnings.

The folk (and studied) phenomenon of increased mistakes at teaching hospitals when the newest cohort of residents begins in early July. UK equivalent: 'Black Wednesday.'

The NATO phonetic code word for the letter 'J'. It is deliberately spelled 'Juliett' with a double 'T' so French speakers do not treat the final 't' as silent.

A movement fakeout. You dart into the brush, double back, sidestep the skillshot and leave the chaser swinging at air. A clean juke off a 1-HP escape feels unbeatable.

Lowrider term — a car that's been fitted with hydraulic suspension. The pumps and batteries are 'the juice', so a car with them is juiced. Bagged is airbags; juiced is hydros.

In carnival and grift slang, a stand selling soft drinks, a separate and older sense.

Having sway with staff, which can get favors, overlooked infractions, or better assignments. 'His juice card is good' means he has pull.

To be attacked by having boiling water — sometimes mixed with sugar so it sticks and scalds worse — thrown in the face.

To pull off a lick — robbing, scamming, or running any hustle that ends in a bag. Started as straight-up stick-up talk in Atlanta street vocabulary, then ballooned to cover credit-card fraud, drug flips, and basically any quick come-up. The noun form ('a jugg') is the score itself.

In underworld cant a 'jug' is a bank (a 'jug heist' is a bank robbery); separately 'the jug' can mean jail.

A woman, or specifically a girlfriend. Old-school Scouse — your nan and granddad's word more than the kids' now. Still surfaces, still understood, still affectionate.

A hamburger with molten cheese sealed inside the meat patty rather than laid on top, a Minneapolis specialty.

'Joint Terminal Attack Controller' — a qualified service member who, from a forward position, directs the action of combat aircraft engaging targets in close air support.

The muddy, paint-and-oil-covered daybreak celebration that opens Carnival. From 'jour ouvert' (day opening). Also J'ouvert.