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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
jones . - noun Plural form of
jones .
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Examples
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Now, the patrons from the other bar on the block, Bar of Soap, were thrilled to see the ice cream truck, and we all stayed in line and offered our support until our ice cream joneses were contained.
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Someone today remarked to me that many social networks feel like an intrusion - that you're always pressured to keep up with the joneses.
Ed Zitron: Talk Is Cheap: Social Networking That Actually Does Something Ed Zitron 2010
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He thinks that Americans suffer from an consumer arms race where we are all spending ourselves into debt just keep up with the joneses.
The Progressive Consumption Tax xtra 2008
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Someone today remarked to me that many social networks feel like an intrusion - that you're always pressured to keep up with the joneses.
Ed Zitron: Talk Is Cheap: Social Networking That Actually Does Something Ed Zitron 2010
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He thinks that Americans suffer from an consumer arms race where we are all spending ourselves into debt just keep up with the joneses.
Archive 2008-03-01 xtra 2008
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And then you've got the kid who does, whether he plays two or three years, I'm more -- I'm more bothered by that guy, who kept the guy out of the major leagues than I am A-Rod or Mark McGwire or Barry Bonds, who you know, were trying to keep up with the joneses.
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I mean, you know, don't live just to please everybody and keep up with the joneses.
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If people can get over their prejudices and stereotypes about "trailer trash", and "keeping up with the joneses", buying a used mobile home might be a short term investment.
Use Target Savings To Beat Back Lifestyle Inflation | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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I mean, you know, don't live just to please everybody and keep up with the joneses.
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But what I don't get is why men being driven by sexual joneses in their lives to self-destructive behavior that nukes their families and their presidential careers has not been even discussed a tenth as much as women's hormonal cycles.
Amy Spies: Smart Men, Foolish Choices: Testosterone Rules? 2008
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