joneses

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
Noun
  • And who on campus is qualified to treat this gusher of gambling addictions?
    Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2025
  • There are also questions as to how this condition compares to other substance addictions and whether the same treatments could work for patients struggling with any kind of addiction.
    Claire Wilcox, The Conversation, 10 Oct. 2025

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“Joneses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/joneses. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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