jux

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Jamaican Creole jooks (“a robbery”), from Fula jukka (“to poke”).

Verb

jux (third-person singular simple present juxes, present participle juxing, simple past and past participle juxed)

1. (transitive, New York City, slang) To rob or mug (someone).
   • 2003, “What Up Gangsta”, in Curtis Jackson, Rob Tewlow (lyrics), Reef Tewlow (music), Get Rich or Die Tryin'‎^[1], performed by 50 Cent, New York City: Shady Records:

     Jux me, I'll have your mama picking out your casket, bastard.

   • 2008, Richard Price, Lush Life‎^[2], New York, N.Y.: Farrar, Straus and Giroux:

     'And jux everybody in sight,' Iacone murmured.

Noun

jux (plural juxes)

1. (New York City, slang) A robbery or mugging.
   • 2010, Frank C. Matthews, Respect the Jux, New York, N.Y. […]: Pocket Books/Karen Hunter Publishing, published 2012, →ISBN, page 75:

     He called a meeting at The Lodge and informed everyone that there would be no more juxes for a while. They all had enough money to hold them down.

Further reading

• Jonathon Green (2024) “jux v.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang
• “jux”, in Urban Dictionary, launched 1999.

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕu˧˩/

Noun

jux

1. storm