keep up with the joneses

to strive beyond one's means to keep up socially and financially with others in one's social circle or neighborhood (from the name of a comic strip by Arthur R. Momand)

If I he can't afford a decent meal, he should not keep up with the Joneses.

keep up with the joneses by The Return of Light Joker November 16, 2009

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The Joneses

A faceless family thought to be socially and/or financially prosperous; poor folks try to emulate them.

"We livin' off mud pies and piss water, and you spend our life savings on a sable coat?" (20 MINUTES OF HO-SLAPPING COMMENCES). "Bitch, quit trying to keep up with the Joneses."

The Joneses by sexie chocolate October 14, 2004

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Jonesied

A term that describes the mental and/or physical paralysis of an individual after consuming marijuana.

“Want another toke mate?”
“No chance mate I’m absolutely jonesied”

Jonesied by Dankmems69 October 18, 2018

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joneseyed

the act of getting incredibly high on any drug known to man, the act of getting joneseyed is normally followed by one of the following; sexual encounters, black outs, gang fights, weird injuries, intoxicated phone calls, or death. this word is derived from the man known as c. jones, who partakes in these activities every day of his life.

"yo we gon' get joneseyed tonight"-50 cent
"hell yeah c jones is supplying"-lloyd banks

joneseyed by cjonesfan1 March 7, 2007

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