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单词 janner
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Jannern.adj.

Brit. /ˈdʒanə/, U.S. /ˈdʒænər/
Forms: also with lower-case initial.
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Jan , -er suffix1.
Etymology: < Jan, representing a regional (south-western) pronunciation of the male forename John (see John n.) + -er suffix1.For earlier use of Jan as a nickname for a man from the West Country compare the following, showing application of the name to the Cornish poet Charles Causley while in naval service:1941 C. Causley Diary May in L. Green All Cornwall Thunders at my Door (2013) 75 Frank says, when I laugh at cockney accent, that mine is just as bad—terribly w. country... Parsley says ‘How's it coming for Leading Coder, Jan?’
slang (originally Navy, now English regional (south-western)).
A. n.
1. A native or inhabitant of Devon, or the West Country more generally; (now) esp. a native or inhabitant of Plymouth, a city and port in Devon.
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1964 J. Hale Grudge Fight iv. 57 All those years ago he had joined as a Plymouth rating and he wanted to go back there—down among the janners and the tiddy oggies and the strawberries and cream.
1991 Financial Times 9 Jan. 11/4 As a Janner, I would regard switching sides as just the sort of thing a bliddy Jacker would do! But em makes lovely pasties though.
2001 Evening Herald (Plymouth) (Nexis) 11 Jan. 11 I am a ‘Janner’ myself , and have lived here all my life.
2003 Western Morning News (Nexis) 8 May 11 Ultimately, it's all about risk taking with retailers trusting us Janners to spend our well-earned dosh in the shops.
2016 @jonnymorris 8 Mar. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) At a packed @plymouthcc council chamber for a citizenship ceremony. All corners of the globe officially becoming janners!
2. derogatory. With lower-case initial. In the south-west of England, esp. Plymouth: a young person of a type characterized by brash and loutish behaviour and the wearing of designer-style clothes (esp. sportswear); usually with connotations of a low social status.
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2004 Independent (Compact ed.) 28 Jan. 40/1 This cult website was set up in December 2003 to chronicle the chavs, also known as neds, townies, kevs, charvers, steeks, spides, bazzas, yarcos, ratboys, kappa slappers, skangers, janners, stigs or scallies.
2013 @SteveBoundy 17 Apr. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Just passed a janner with the playboy bunny tattooed on his face #fuckingjanners.
2014 @alexorange994 14 Feb. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Ergh janners on the bus.
B. adj.
Relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of Devon, or the West Country more generally; (now) esp. relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of Plymouth or its inhabitants.
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1984 H. McManners Falklands Commando ii. 29 He comes from Okehampton and as a result gets quite a bit of stick about his ‘janner’ accent and the shortcomings of being a country boy.
2008 Evening Herald (Plymouth) (Nexis) 31 Oct. 10 I'm a big fan of your show, what is it called? Saturday Night with Jonathan Ross? You could do a Janner version.
2014 Western Morning News (Nexis) 2 Nov. (Features section) 6 Half the time the 24-year-old is a civil servant in Plymouth. A proper Janner lad happily settled with his fiance.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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