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jects en · NOUN

Etymology

Clipping of projects.

Meanings

1. (US, plural, plural-only, slang) A multi-story low-income housing development; projects.
   • Olander grew up around the “jects,” but wasn't born there; he actually lived about two blocks away in a three-story house with his mother and younger siblings. 2011, Garrett S. King, Something to Live For, Xlibris, →ISBN, page 116:
   • Monie grew up in the music industry, not in the jects. 2006 December 28, TJ Xenos [username], “Re: Monie Love gets fired for making Young Jeezy sound like a tard...”, in rec.music.hip-hop (Usenet):
   • "Whattaya expect? We in the 'jects, baby, a project for rejects," Jasmine sneers. 2010, Carol Taylor, The Ex Chronicles, New York N.Y.: Plume, →ISBN, page 200:
   • A few days later, Pharoah, now eleven, told a friend: "I worry about dying, dying at a young age, while you're little. I'll be thinking about I want to get out of the jects. […] 1991, Alex Kotlowitz, There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in The Other America, Anchor Books, published 1992, →ISBN, page 264:

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