Editing The Wickedictionary (section)

==J==
'''Jazz:''' ''n.'' 1. music that goes nowhere and finds no resolution—remove any 10 minute sequence and no one will notice the difference.<ref>Contributed specially for ''The Wickedictionary'' by R</ref>

'''Jazz:''' ''n.'' 2. music whose notes know no rest, an inflexible order gives birth to them then destroys them, without ever leaving them the chance to recuperate and exist for themselves.<ref>Jean-Paul Sartre</ref>

'''Jet set:''' ''n.'' gypsies with money.<ref>Rick Bayan</ref>

'''Jewels:''' ''n. pl.'' colourful but otherwise overpriced useless pieces of rock that the entire female race has been led to associate with love by evil marketing geniuses.<ref>Derek Abbott, 2010</ref>

'''Job:''' ''n.'' the ideal gift for a high school or college graduate.<ref>Evan Esar</ref>

'''Joke:''' ''n.'' a form of short story where all the information comes at the end.<ref>Derek Abbott, 2010</ref>

'''Judge:''' ''n.'' is a law student who marks his own examination papers.<ref>H. L. Mencken</ref> 

'''Junk food:''' ''n.'' cheap, satisfying, flavoursome victuals used as a substitute for real food and consisting mainly of salt, fat and sugar, deep-fried to bring out their full atherosclerotic potential.<ref>Rick Bayan</ref>

'''Jury:''' ''n.'' 1. a group of twelve men who, having lied to the judge about their hearing, health and business engagements, have failed to fool him.<ref>H. L. Mencken, ''A Mencken Chrestomathy'' (1949)</ref>

'''Jury:''' ''n.'' 2. a  panel of amateurs called upon to decide life-or-death matters in court.<ref>Rick Bayan</ref>

'''Justice:''' ''n.'' a decision in your favour.

'''Just war:''' ''n.'' the theory that nine of Ten Commandments are inviolate, but that one can be selective when it comes to killing. Under this theory, beliefs in 'just theft' or 'just adultery,' for example, are punishable by hanging or lethal injection. <ref>Derek Abbott, Definition created for ''Wickedictionary,'' (24 December 2009)</ref>