o.j. n.
1. (orig. US) orange juice.
Right Ho, Jeeves 168: Was it not you who threw away that o.j.? | ||
🎵 You can hear her calling orders like this [...] ‘OJ up wreck two in a cup’. | ‘Boogie Woogie Blue Plate’||
Ladies’ Man (1985) 183: I bought a rum and o.j. | ||
Rent Boy 101: I drink a quart of OJ. | ||
Florida Roadkill 78: Serge [bought] a quart of OJ. | ||
Falls 145: Rebus was getting his OJ topped up. |
2. (US drugs, orig. milit.) marijuana laced with opium [O n. (2) + j n. + pun on sense 1 above].
(con. 1970) 13th Valley (1983) 28: The O-Js were thin, perfectly rolled marijuana cigarettes soaked in an opium solution. | ||
ONDCP Street Terms 16: O.J. — Marijuana. |
3. (US black) a large car, typically a Ford or Lincoln [proper name O.J. Simpson (b.1947), the former football hero turned film star who advertised such cars for Hertz c.1980, prior to his 1995 murder trial].
🎵 Ya say im gonna get a fly girl / gonna get some spankin / drive off in a def OJ. | ‘Rapper’s Delight’||
Buppies, B-Boys, Baps and Bohos (1994) 46: ‘OJ’ is a reference to a big car. Erstwhile football star [...] OJ Simpson does Hertz commercials featuring Ford and Lincoln Mercury cars. | ‘Rapping Deejays’ in
In phrases
(UK black/ gang) ‘on job’, i.e. working successfully as a gang member.
Forensic Linguistic Databank 🌐 OJ‘on job’, productive and successful in street or gang activities. | (ed.) ‘Drill Slang Glossary’ at