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jjjj.
n.  a stuttering sound, as in Way Back in the Ozarks Book 2: The Tale of Danny Boy by James C. Hefley.


n.  the sound of the letter j, as described in The Voice That Means Business: How to Speak With Authority, Confidence and Credibility Anytime, Anywhere by Linda Shields; see also jjj, JJJJJ.


JJJJJ.
  n.  the highest grade of free-range Jabugo ham, from pigs “having eaten nothing but acorns in their lifetimes” (Penelope Casas, Discovering Spain: An Uncommon Guide).


n.  the sound of the letter j; see also jjj, jjjj.

<I could hear the “JJJJJ” sound in my head.  —John Edward, After Life: Answers from the Other Side.>

Jrdn Kdhl.
n.  the title of a web log by Jordan Koidahl.


Jrm.
n.  a stream in the Baden-Wurttemberg region of Germany.


jst.
adv.  just, as in the play Sizwe Bansi Is Dead by Athol Fugard: “Jst like that!”; as spoken with a mouth filled with toothpaste in My Monastery is a Minivan: 35 Stories from a Real Life by Denise Roy; as stuttered quickly in the novel The Dragonstone by Dennis L. McKiernan: “Uh, jst, jst, just who is it that was going to kill who, eh?”



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