Mary Jane

English

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Proper noun

Mary Jane

1. A female given name.

Translations

double given name

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• French: Marie-Jeanne (fr) f
• Galician: María Xoana f
• Portuguese: Maria Joana f
• Spanish: María Juana f

Etymology 2

Calque of Spanish María Juana.

Noun

Mary Jane (uncountable)

1. (slang) Marijuana.

   Alternative forms: maryjane, mary jane

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marijuana

   • 1995, “I Got 5 on It”, in Operation Stackola, performed by Luniz:

     Rolling up cannabis sativa, hitting the Mary Jane

   • 1995, “Mary Jane”, in Headsex‎^[1], performed by Technohead, Mokum Records:

     Mary Jane, you're always in my brain, and you help me ease the pain.

   • 2002, “Acid Raindrops”, in O.S.T., performed by People Under the Stairs ft. Camel MC:

     When the stress burns my brain just like acid raindrops / Mary Jane is the only thing that makes the pain stop

   • 2004, MF DOOM, “Kon Queso”, in MM..FOOD:

     In love with Mary Jane, she's my main thing

   • 2005, “Stay Fly”, in Jordan Houston, Darnell Carlton, Paul Beauregard, Premro Smith, Marlon Goodwin, David Brown, Willie Hutchinson (lyrics), Most Known Unknown‎^[2], performed by Three 6 Mafia (featuring Young Buck, 8 Ball, and MJG), Sony BMG:

     Mary Jane, since I have met you, girl, you've ruined my brain.

Translations

slang for marijuana

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: mari (fi)
• French: Marie-Jeanne (fr) f
• Galician: María Xoana f
• German: Marihuana (de) n, Gras (de) n, Mary Jane (de) n
• Hungarian: Mariska
• Italian: Maria Giovanna f
• Portuguese: Maria Joana f, Mary Jane f
• Romanian: Maria Ioana f
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

Etymology 3

Mary Jane shoes.

Genericized trademark, named after a character in the Buster Brown comic strip with this name, licensed by the shoe manufacturer.

Noun

Mary Jane (plural Mary Janes)

1. A type of shoe, usually for a girl, having a rounded toe and a strap with a buckle.
   • 2021 May 19, Joe Taysom, “Why Andy Warhol hated the David Bowie song about him”, in Far Out Magazine‎^[3]:

     [Tony] Zanetta continued: “They found a common ground in David’s [Bowie] shoes. David was wearing yellow Mary Janes and Andy [Warhol] had been a shoe illustrator, which David knew so they began talking about shoes. Otherwise, it was not the greatest meeting [laughs]^[sic].”

Translations

type of shoe

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 瑪麗珍鞋 / 玛丽珍鞋 (Mǎlì-Zhēn xié)

• Finnish: maryjane
• French: baby (fr)
• German: Spangenschuh m
• Japanese: メリージェーン (Merījēn)
• Korean: 메리 제인 (meri jein)
• Spanish: mercedita (es) f
• Volapük: snabädajuk, (child) cilasnabädajuk

Further reading

• “mary jane n.²”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present.