juju

juju

See also: jùjú, jūjū, ju-ju, and jǔjǔ

English

Alternative forms

• ju-ju

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒuːd͡ʒu/, enPR: jo͞oʹjo͞o

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Etymology 1

From a West African language, probably originally from French joujou.

Noun

juju (countable and uncountable, plural jujus)

1. (countable) A fetish or charm believed by West Africans to have magical or supernatural powers.
2. (uncountable) The magical or supernatural power of such a charm.
   • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 168:

     They are believed to be "Ju-Ju" or were-leopards, and in this guise to roam through the forest in bands, bent on evil and destruction.

   • 2010, Jennifer Egan, “Selling the General”, in A Visit from the Goon Squad:

     The party had nominal hosts, all famous, but the real hostess, as everyone knew, was La Doll, who had more connections and access and juju than all of those people combined.

3. (informal) The (usually negative) karmic consequences of an action or behavior.

   That's some bad juju.

Derived terms

• jujuism

Etymology 2

Reduplication of -ju- in marijuana.

Noun

juju (plural jujus)

1. (slang) A marijuana cigarette; a joint.
   • 1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin 2010, p. 75:

     ‘I knew a guy once who smoked jujus,’ she said. ‘Three highballs and three sticks of tea and it took a pipe wrench to get him off the chandelier.’

Noun

juju (uncountable)

1. Synonym of jùjú (“music genre”)

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Finnish

Etymology

Originally a slang term, from English juju.[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjuju/, [ˈjuju]
• Rhymes: -uju
• Syllabification^(key): ju‧ju

Noun

juju

1. (colloquial) catch, hitch, snag, kicker (problem or unexpected difficulty in a deal, negotiation or task)

   Kuulostaa hyvältä idealta, mutta mikä on homman juju?

   It sounds like a great idea, but what's the catch?

2. (colloquial) trick (effective, clever or quick way of doing something, the "secret")

   Homman juju on laskea kortit tarkasti.

   The trick of it is to count the cards carefully.

Declension

Inflection of juju (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		juju	jujut
genitive		jujun	jujujen
partitive		jujua	jujuja
illative		jujuun	jujuihin
		singular	plural
nominative		juju	jujut
accusative	nom.	juju	jujut
	gen.	jujun
genitive		jujun	jujujen
partitive		jujua	jujuja
inessive		jujussa	jujuissa
elative		jujusta	jujuista
illative		jujuun	jujuihin
adessive		jujulla	jujuilla
ablative		jujulta	jujuilta
allative		jujulle	jujuille
essive		jujuna	jujuina
translative		jujuksi	jujuiksi
instructive		—	jujuin
abessive		jujutta	jujuitta
comitative		—	jujuineen

Possessive forms of juju (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	jujuni	jujumme
2nd person	jujusi	jujunne
3rd person	jujunsa

References

1. Forsberg, Ulla-Maija (2021) Stadin slangin etymologinen sanakirja [Etymological Dictionary of Helsinki Slang]‎ (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes other etymological sources], Helsinki: Gaudeamus, →ISBN

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Panyjima

Noun

juju

1. Old man.

Synonyms

• jujunmarra (avoidance)

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒuˈʒu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒuˈʒu/

• Hyphenation: ju‧ju

Noun

juju m (plural jujus)

1. (Brazil, colloquial) Synonym of juliet

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Compare such expressive terms as English hoo-ha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxuxu/ [ˈxu.xu]
• Rhymes: -uxu
• Syllabification: ju‧ju

Noun

juju f (plural jujus)

1. (Spain, slang) pussy, cunt, snatch (vagina)