jonscot

someone who makes conversation with random people on the street, fairly annoying.

Man walks past with dog
"hii how are you?" (starts making random conversation)
Man: "what a jonscot

by dweeb2k9 September 15, 2009

Jonscot

To present personal opinion or conjecture as though it were proven fact.
To conflate “reckons” with actual research or evidence.

Usually delivered with confidence but lacking substantiation.

Also a person or thing that presents opinion as fact, without any support or validation.
Someone who habitually mistakes their gut feeling for empirical truth.

Don’t jonscot your way through the report, we need real numbers.
He totally jonscotted the meeting — three vibes, zero facts.
Classic Facebook thread: 80% jonscotting, 20% cat pics.
She's a jonscot, doesn't know the difference between opinion and fact.

by Marque Mywords September 25, 2025