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Keep Your Jaw On

"Keep your jaw on" is a phrase used when somebody is overwrought, overly shocked, or unnecessarily upset over a trivial matter. The expression was inspired by John Glubb, a WW1 soldier who had his jaw shot off but managed to have it reconstructed using surgery. The point of the phrase was, if even somebody who's reached a situation that low managed to fix their problems, you shouldn't be reacting so badly about a smaller issue.

Popularised in Northwest England's coastal towns, the phrase is often used as a less niche form of the phrase "don't get your knickers in a twist."
PERSON 1: “Oh my God, my life is over! My phone, my beautiful phone - it's been delayed in transit. I literally don't know what to do. What the Hell should I do?”

PERSON 2: “Jesus Christ, keep your jaw on. It'll clearly get here in the end - some people have real problems.”
by C L G May 1, 2025
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Jaws Marrow Syndicate

A secret society at Gonzaga university with an initialization ritual requiring you bake a peanut butter cookie for a dog. (Have sex with a dog with peanut butter and make it orgasm?
Go to petco so you can pass our humiliation ritual the a ritual so sacred we name the society after it we call it the “Jaws Marrow Syndicate” or JMS for short.
by ramucus April 17, 2024
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Jaw-knobbing

When one fill their mouth jizz, rests the testicle on their chin or throat, and then opens and closes the jaw bouncing the testicles up and down.
I got lock jaw last saturday from too much jaw-knobbing
by #jizzyjay May 24, 2024
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finger to lip and then jaw

This means about to get in the shower
by johnny1775 February 24, 2024
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A round of jaw

A round of jaw
Jenny,how about round of jaw for the boys?!?!

Jenny had lockjaw after a round of jaw for the boys!!!
by Beachler69 February 28, 2024
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