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Rachel keeps using 'jonesing' to describe loving different products.

Q-Girl too — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 21:30:13 GMT

Isn't 'jonesing' a slang for something inappropriate? Check the slang dictionary. Just letting you know :-).

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Sooner — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 21:34:12 GMT

In my world it is not something inappropriate. I agree with the dictionary definition of to have a strong desire or craving for something.

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Group 5 minus 1 — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 21:36:13 GMT

It is a term for craving whatever. I do NOT care for the expression at all.

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Annabellethecat66 — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 21:52:54 GMT

I've always found it to be inappropriate slang.

I don't know I feel that way because of the generation I belong to....or if whenever I've heard it..it was used in a deragatory way.

I'm sure she doesn't mean anything by it, but I think it would be better if she found a more appropriate word to describe whatever she's talking about.

I use a lot of slang (way too much) from my generation. My girls used to tease me sometimes.

Rachael is a lovely person so I'm sure if she knew the way it's often used she'd find another word.

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Alison Wonderland — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 22:01:52 GMT

@Q-Girl too wrote:
Isn't 'jonesing' a slang for something inappropriate? Check the slang dictionary. Just letting you know :-).

Originally it was focused on drugs, but has been used for all kinds of cravings since I was a teenager. It was very popular in the 80s and we used it for all kinds of things, none of them drug related - unless you count caffeine. I had a lot of friends who were addicted to caffeine in Coke, Diet Coke, Mountain Dew, and Jolt Cola.

Using it for perfectly wholesome craving isn't new.

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Shanus — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 22:01:57 GMT

Whether or not it is slang, certainly being in sales, she should be able to come up with another word to express her feelings about an object. Does the Q sell thesaurus's?

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proudlyfromNJ — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 22:12:39 GMT

I thought everyone would be happy! They are not eating the food, they are not making their goofy faces,etc. Jonesing...I’m watching and never even noticed it. They can’t win.

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AuntG — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 22:21:48 GMT

It's not a word I've heard which shows how old I am.

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Shanus — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 22:25:28 GMT

I've heard that word, but thought before the Q, she was a broadcaster, so should not have such a limited vocabulary.

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KKJ — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 22:47:33 GMT

This is too funny as I just came on to post the same thing as the OP! I too had not a clue what Rachel means by "jonesing" , and wanted to know what it means. She's said it 2-3 times already during this show.

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SuhseK — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 23:04:04 GMT

I can't even imagine being bothered by the use, of the word.

For some reason, it immediately reminded me, of, when QVC, sold NARS cosmetics.

There were seriously posters, who were offended, when the Host(s),said orgasm, because, it's one of the color names.

I always wondered, what they were supposed to say,

"and this color, is an unmentionble name"? 😂

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KKJ — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 23:39:48 GMT

I'm not bothered by it, I'd just not heard it before and wanted to know what it meant.

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Peaches McPhee — Thu, 02 Apr 2020 00:42:57 GMT

I have always assumed it was wanting something because someone else has it. Keeping up with the Joneses.

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Reever — Thu, 02 Apr 2020 01:03:05 GMT

@Peaches McPhee wrote:
I have always assumed it was wanting something because someone else has it. Keeping up with the Joneses.

Between this and her use of "baby talk" she is becoming un-bearable. Bring back Kathy Levine powers that be !!

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Sooner — Thu, 02 Apr 2020 02:00:49 GMT

I don't ever remember not hearing that, and I'm old!

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KKlim — Thu, 02 Apr 2020 05:27:56 GMT

@Reever...sad to say, but Rachel became
“unbearable” quite a while ago. So, this is just more of it..😕

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CalminHeart — Thu, 02 Apr 2020 10:43:57 GMT

I first heard the term in the 60s used for cravings. It may have been used for drugs too. The meanings of a lot of words/slang have changed over the years. Life is stressful enough without getting hung up on this.

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Imaoldhippie — Thu, 02 Apr 2020 12:10:08 GMT

Thats been a slang term for a very long time. It means craving for something. There is no inappropriate meaning to it, so please dont infer there is.

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KKJ — Thu, 02 Apr 2020 12:40:25 GMT

@Sooner wrote:
I don't ever remember not hearing that, and I'm old!

Well, I'm old too (55) and I'd not heard it but then again I'm from Kansas. We're more out of the loop on some things---LOL.

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Patriot3 — Thu, 02 Apr 2020 13:01:23 GMT

@KKlim wrote:
@Reever...sad to say, but Rachel became
“unbearable” quite a while ago. So, this is just more of it..😕

@KKlim I try to watch the food shows, but between her and Alberti I feel like I am watching a couple of kindergarteners!