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joneses

noun

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, 22 Mar. 2026

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addictions

Noun

Vancouver, for all its celebrity hangouts and major studio and streamer film shoots, is also home to a grimy downtown eastside neighborhood where getting off addictions and out of homelessness for many remains a constant struggle.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026
And more than 200 patients battling various addictions have consequently been left with nowhere to go.

— Tresa Baldas, Freep.com, 9 Sep. 2026