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Jar out

Parf of speech: Verb, OED Year: N/A, OED Evaluation: N/A

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ExampleMeaning
Speaker: Um ah we used to say this. Like jar me out. Interviewer: Right. Speaker: Jar me out. I doubt they know what that means. Um slang or lingo mm. Um I-don't-know. I don't know, bag?
To make someone laugh
ExampleMeaning
Interviewer: Can you think of any other ah any lingo or terminology that's particular to Timmins or Northern-Ontario that you would- might hear someone Southern-Ontario use or say? Speaker: Ah probably stuff like, "Oh that's a jar man." ... I can never understand that because, first of all ajar means a door is partly opened. And I don't understand how someone can learn that word and twist it like that anyway. Or jar-me-out! ... What the hell does that mean?
To make someone laugh
ExampleMeaning
Interviewer: I know ah maybe not with your generation but my generation a lot used to say "To jar out." Speaker: Yeah. Interviewer: Did you guys ah use that too? Speaker: Yeah "Jarred me out."
To make someone laugh
ExampleMeaning
Interviewer: So then here's another one I wanted to ask you too is ah I know obviously my generation had this but did your generation have to jar out? Speaker: Like have a good time? Interviewer: Like to jar out. To like laugh uncontrollably. Did you guys-? Speaker: Oh yeah yeah. Well see, jar out, like when ah, when I was using it, like when my friends and I used it, it meant so many things. It didn't just even mean laugh.
To make someone laugh