joj en · INTJ
Pronunciation
- /dʒɒʒ/
- [-ʒ(d̚)]
- /dʒʌʒ/
- (UK) audio
- /-dʒ/
Etymology
A palindromization of job. Popularized by cs188's video "[YTP] No one needs foundation repair", first uploaded in 2011.
Meanings
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(Internet, humorous, nonce-word) A nonsense word commonly used in YouTube Poop by playing an audio clip forward and in reverse consecutively; said in reference to this editing style, and to describe palindromes and humorously symmetrized images.
Saw this poster in the wild today and instinctively laughed out loud because like. That’s the Joj. The SoS. From my YTPs.
2023 August 31, yamada-ryo, Tumblr:You better fuf, and then you better broob, 'cause if you don't broob, you're nothing but a nothing, and then the nothing becomes a nothing, and then your nothing is a joj, and then your nothing is sus […]
2019 June 11, (on Twitch) paperboxhouse with snapscube, “Minecraft w/ PaperBoxHouse #2”, in YouTube:#the JoJ burger.... with extra Sos
2024 July 10, theygotlost, Tumblr:she JOJ on my SOS til i LOL
2023 January 28, brucebocchi, Tumblr:Rules for Dating DaThings: You better get a joj
2023 May 16, efootmobile, Reddit:ViV [video in video], lagging or stuttering images to get figures to say nonsense words (“SuS”), became popular. […] What appears as chaos, nonsense, or distortion to someone outside the subculture turns out to be a set of references added on as layers and layers of images. Using rapid forward reverse and word-splice editing to make someone else’s project lag or getting a character to say “SuS” or “JoJ” becomes a form of legible code that has a multiplicity of possible orders.
[2021, Randall Halle, “Cine-Cognition: Collage, Fragmentation, Integration” (chapter 6), in Visual Alterity: Seeing Difference in Cinema, →ISBN, pages 94–95:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| JoJ | alternative | lexicographic |