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Jonesing
“Jonesing” is a slang term that refers to wanting or needing something. For example, I have a jones for a good steak = I really want a good steak to eat. This use of the term ‘jones’ comes from Great Jones Street in New York City. Years ago, this street in lower Manhattan was home to many drug addicts. The need for drugs came to be called a ‘jones’. Now the term is used metaphorically to refer to something that somone really wants—AS IF he were an addict.