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"Jimmy Crack Corn" or "Blue-Tail Fly" is an American song which first became popular during the rise of blackface minstrelsy in the 1840s through performances by the Virginia Minstrels. It regained currency as a folk song in the 1940s at the beginning of the American folk music revival and has since become a popular children's song.
CB slang is the distinctive anti-language, argot, or cant which developed among users of Citizens Band radio (CB), especially truck drivers in the United States during the 1970s and early 1980s, [1] when it was an important part of the culture of the trucking industry. The slang itself is not only cyclical, but also geographical.
To break into a lock, from the tool that is used in such an occasion as burglary (US: jimmy) jerry (slang) pejorative term for a German or Germans jerrybuilt or jerry-built An improvised or unsafe building or piece of infrastructure (e.g. an electrical installation), probably in contravention of safety legislation; (US: jerry-rigged, jury-rigged).
Another UK variant of the term is vermicelli, especially when said of chocolate sprinkles. [1] [2] This name can be seen borrowed into spoken Egyptian Arabic as faːrmasil. [3] Jimmies is the most popular term for chocolate sprinkles in the Boston, Philadelphia, and New England regions. [4]
The term jimmy legs may refer to one of the following: Naval slang for the chief petty officer aboard a man-of-war, Master at arms; Periodic limb movement disorder, the involuntary movement of limbs during sleep; Restless legs syndrome, an urge to move one's limbs to alleviate uncomfortable sensations
Jimmy, the first president to use his nickname in an official capacity, rather than his first name James. [155] Jimmy Cardigan, got the nickname after he wore a sweater instead of a suit one day [17] The Peanut Farmer, [156] he owned a peanut farm and fostered this image in his early campaigns, as a contrast to elite Washington insiders.
James Francis Durante (/ d ə ˈ r æ n t i / də-RAN-tee, Italian:; February 10, 1893 – January 29, 1980) was an American comedian, actor, singer, and pianist.His distinctive gravelly speech, Lower East Side accent, comic language-butchery, jazz-influenced songs, and prominent nose helped make him one of the United States' most familiar and popular personalities of the 1920s through the 1970s.
Jimmy (TV channel), a satellite digital television channel in France; Jimmy bar, a metal bar with a curved end used for forcing things open; Jimmy hat, a slang term for a condom; Jimmies, a decorative confection; Doctor Jimmy, the main character from the rock opera Quadrophenia by the Who; GMC Jimmy, several cars that share the name