jonesing

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“Jonesing” is a slang term that refers to wanting or needing something. For example, I have a jones for a good steak = I really want a good steak to eat. This use of the term ‘jones’ comes from Great Jones Street in New York City. Years ago, this street in lower Manhattan was home to many drug addicts. The need for drugs came to be called a ‘jones’. Now the term is used metaphorically to refer to something that somone really wants—AS IF he were an addict.
by Asad (Karachi, Pakistan)
I guess ‘Jonesing’ means someone’s really busy doing different sorts of things, he or she is really into it, maybe pushing oneself to limits, working very hard.
by Vincent (Hong Kong, PRC)
Jones can be a noun meaning addiction, so I guess jonesing here means to addict oneself to or to devote most of one’s interest, time and energy to something.
by Brian (Wuhan, China)
I think that “jonesing” in this construction means “trying or working.”
by Marialba (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
I think be jonesing all these years here means to put all his energy or take use of all of possible time during these years.
by Tanya (Xinjiang, China)
I think “jonesing” means strong desire for something which you are addicted to, and you will never get satisfied.
by Jennyq
I think it means to exert effort to do something, or spend much time in doing something.
by Kristine (Toronto, Canada)

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