joj

See also: JoJ

English

Alternative forms

• JoJ

Etymology

A palindromization of job. Popularized by cs188's video "[YTP] No one needs foundation repair", first uploaded in 2011.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒɒʒ/, /dʒʌʒ/, /-dʒ/, [-ʒ(d̚)]

Interjection

joj

2. (Internet slang, humorous, nonce word) A nonsense word commonly used in YouTube Poop by playing an audio clip forward and in reverse consecutively; said in reference to this editing style, and to describe palindromes and humorously symmetrized images.

   Synonyms: sus, sos

   • 2019 June 11, Alfred Coleman III with SnapCube 2, “Minecraft w/ PaperBoxHouse #2”, in YouTube‎^[1]:

     You better fuf, and then you better broob, 'cause if you don't broob, you're nothing but a nothing, and then the nothing becomes a nothing, and then your nothing is a joj, and then your nothing is sus […]

   • [2021, Randall Halle, “Cine-Cognition: Collage, Fragmentation, Integration” (chapter 6), in Visual Alterity: Seeing Difference in Cinema, →ISBN, pages 94–95:

     ViV [video in video], lagging or stuttering images to get figures to say nonsense words (“SuS”), became popular. […] What appears as chaos, nonsense, or distortion to someone outside the subculture turns out to be a set of references added on as layers and layers of images. Using rapid forward reverse and word-splice editing to make someone else’s project lag or getting a character to say “SuS” or “JoJ” becomes a form of legible code that has a multiplicity of possible orders.]

   • 2023 January 28, brucebocchi, Tumblr‎^[2]:

     she JOJ on my SOS til i LOL

   • 2023 May 16, efootmobile, Reddit‎^[3]:

     Rules for Dating DaThings: You better get a joj

   • 2023 August 31, yamada-ryo, Tumblr‎^[4]:

     Saw this poster in the wild today and instinctively laughed out loud because like. That’s the Joj. The SoS. From my YTPs.

   • 2024 July 10, theygotlost, Tumblr‎^[5]:

     #the JoJ burger.... with extra Sos

Baltic Romani

Pronoun

joj (third person feminine singular, nominative case)

1. (Litovska) she

Declension

Litovska/Lithuanian Romani personal pronouns

		singular				plural			reflexive
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
				m	f
Nominative		mē	tu	jou	joj	amē	tumē	jonē	-
Accusative/ Independent Oblique		man	tut	lēs	la	amēn	tumēn	lēn	pes
Dative		mange	tuke	lēske	lake	amēnge	tumēnge	lēnge	pēske
Ablative		mandyr	tutyr	lēstyr	latyr	amēndyr	tumēndyr	lēndyr	pēstyr
Genitive	m	miro	tyro	lēskiro	lakiro	amaro	tumaro	lēngiro	pēskiro
	f	miri	tyri	lēskiri	lakiri	amari	tumari	lēngiri	pēskiri
	pl	mirē	tyrē	lēskirē	lakirē	amarē	tumarē	lēngirē	pēskirē
Locative		mandē	tutē	lēstē	latē	amēndē	tumēndē	lēndē	pēstē
Instrumental		mansa	tusa	lēsa	lasa	amēnca	tumēnca	lēnsa	pēsa
Enclitic Reflexive		man	pe			amēn	pe		-

Ch'orti'

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *jooj.

Noun

joj

1. heron

References

• Hull, Kerry (2016), A Dictionary of Ch'orti' Mayan-Spanish-English, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, →ISBN, page 175

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Derived from English judge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒod͡ʒ/

Verb

joj

1. to judge
   • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 7:1:

     "No joj piipl laik se Gad kyaahn paadn dem, so di siem sitn wi no riich unu.

     "Judge not, that you be not judged

     .

Further reading

• joj at majstro.com

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /joj/

Pronoun

joj ? (Cyrillic spelling јој)

1. to her (clitic dative singular of òna (“she”))
2. (emphatic, possessive, dative) her, of hers (clitic dative singular of òna (“she”))

   Gdje joj je auto?

   Where is her car?

Declension

Inflection of 3rd-person pronouns

	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ȏn	òna	òno	òni	òne	òna
genitive	njȅga, ga	njȇ, je	njȅga, ga	njȋh, ih	njȋh, ih	njȋh, ih
dative	njȅmu, mu	njȏj, joj	njȅmu, mu	njȉma, im	njȉma, im	njȉma, im
accusative	njȅga, ga, nj	njȗ, ju, je	njȅga, ga, nj	njȋh, ih	njȋh, ih	njȋh, ih
vocative	—	—	—	—	—	—
locative	njȅm, njȅmu	njȏj	njȅm, njȅmu	njȉma	njȉma	njȉma
instrumental	njȋm, njíme	njȏm, njóme	njȋm, njíme	njȉma	njȉma	njȉma

Etymology 2

Of onomatopoeic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jôːj/

Interjection

jȏj (Cyrillic spelling јо̑ј)

1. woe! alas!

References

• “joj”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Tzotzil

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *jooj.

Noun

joj

1. common raven (Corvus corax)

References

• Hurley Vda. de Delgaty, Alfa; Ruíz Sánchez, Agustín (1978), Diccionario tzotzil de San Andrés con variaciones dialectales: Tzotzil - español, español - tzotzil (Series de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 22)‎^[6] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en coordinación con la Secretaría de Educación Pública a través de la Dirección General de Educación a Grupos Marginados, page 66: “joj”
• Laughlin, Robert M. (1975), The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantán (Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology; 19), City of Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, →DOI, page 156: “hoh”
• Laughlin, Robert M.; Haviland, John B. (1988), The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of Santo Domingo Zinacantán, with Grammatical Analysis and Historical Commentary (Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology; 31), Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, →DOI, page 211: “joj”

Yucatec Maya

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *jooj.

Noun

joj (plural jojoʼob)

1. raven, crow