joey
pronunciation
How to pronounce joey in British English:
UK [ˈdʒəʊi]
How to pronounce joey in American English:
US [ˈdʒoʊi]
Word Origin
- joey (n.)
- "young kangaroo," 1839, sometimes said to be from a native Australian word joè, but more recently often said to be of unknown origin. Perhaps an extended use of Joey, the familiar form of the male proper name Joseph, for which Partridge lists many common or coarse meanings in 20c. Australian slang. Farmer & Henley ("Slang and Its Analogues") quote an 1887 article on "Australian Colloquialisms": JOEY is a familiar name for anything young or small, and is applied indifferently to a puppy, or a kitten, or a child, while a WOOD-AND-WATER-JOEY is a hanger about hotels and a doer of odd jobs.
Example
- 1. Joey said you 're here with another man !
- 2. At time of writing , the release date for the " mechanistic " debut album by atoms for peace ( thom yorke , flea , joey waronker and nigel godrich ) remains a matter of conjecture .
- 3. You think joey deems is still behind all this ?
- 4. Only when he 's around joey .
- 5. You came looking for joey ?