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Word of the Day – Jammy

By January 10, 2024Word of the Day

Jammy (adj)

jam-ee

Very lucky.

Jammy was first recorded in 1850–55 and is an informal word primarily used in British English. Jammy was formed apparently from jam, “a preserve of whole fruit, slightly crushed, boiled with sugar.” Jammy, in the featured sense, is comparable to the idioms to have jam on it, meaning “to have something easy,” and real jam or pure jam, which means “something easy or pleasant.”

Example sentences

“He’s such a jammy sod, if he fell through the roof of John Lewis he’d land in a new suit!”

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