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joneses

noun

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plural of jones, slang

as in addictions

a physiological need for certain drugs that dude had a jones for heroin like you wouldn't believe

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Recent Examples of joneses Six-figure workers reeling in half a million-dollar salaries are struggling to keep up with the joneses. —

Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025

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addictions

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Billy Idol has been more than forthcoming over the years about his various drug addictions during the peak of his career, so much so that his new documentary is called, quite suitably, Billy Idol Should Be Dead.

— Devon Ivie, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2026
Models were also asked to pose as corpses in crime scenes, to personify eating disorders and addictions that models might have.

— Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2026