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[deleted] OP t1_j4h3vx1 wrote

Reply to comment by ImperialIIClass in Seen in Harrisburg, Philly vernacular spreading west? by [deleted]

It’s equivalent to Smurf

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erdtirdmans t1_j4hqvvb wrote

Smurf is almost always a verb except when referring to the smurfs themselves. Jawn is almost exclusively a noun (except in select cases of verbing)

To put it simply: You can smurf a jawn, but you can't jawn a smurf

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sirfuzzitoes t1_j4i14ok wrote

Profound knowlegical pearls gettin dropped right here.

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erdtirdmans t1_j4i3cl4 wrote

This is the type of information I've wasted my years accumulating 🤣

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