This week is a historic week in the annals of Philadelphia lingo, thanks to the fact that a “jawn” definition was finally added to the dictionary. Well, not the dictionary. Merriam-Webster, the oldest ...

And if you’re now trying to search for a definition of what jawn means, well, you’re in luck — Dictionary.com just added one. Billy Penn describes jawn as a “malleable mouthful,” essentially meaning ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A noun used frequently by Philadelphians (and arguably only used by Philadelphians) has finally made it to Dictionary.com. The word "jawn" is now on the website. Jawn is a noun, ...

That's about to change. In the article, Merriam-webster compares the word jawn to '90s NYC stable joint, in the sense that they are both nouns that can refer to a person, place, or thing. In fact, ...

"noun. Informal. Chiefly Philadelphia. something or someone for which the speaker does not know or does not need a specific name. "Example: Can you hand me that jawn right there?" That's how ...

Philadelphia, "youse" should listen to this "jawn." Merriam-Webster announced Wednesday on Twitter that Philly's own beloved slang term "jawn" could be the dictionary's next new word: "Philly, this ...

At some point in the 1970s, Philadelphia coined the all-encompassing noun “jawn.” The word has remained a treasure in the city’s black lexicon and natives have long stamped it as an integral part of ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Merriam-Webster says Jawn is on the list of words they are watching! They say the word, Jawn, unique to Philly is a word they are increasingly seeing used that has not yet met ...

The novelty of the word "jawn" has sort of worn away in Philadelphia. It's not a bad thing. All it means is that everyone here is on board with having a word that refers to everything. More practical, ...