A casual, affectionate nickname for a jukebox — that coin-operated music machine that defined the vibe of American diners, pool halls, and roadside bars for decades.
A casual, affectionate nickname for a jukebox — that coin-operated music machine that defined the vibe of American diners, pool halls, and roadside bars for decades. Calling it a jukie softens the nostalgia, turning a piece of vintage hardware into something almost personal. The term tends to show up in conversations about classic Americana, 50s and 60s culture, or any setting where someone's feeding quarters into a glowing machine to pick the next song.
Someone had loaded the jukie with nothing but Johnny Cash and nobody in the bar was complaining.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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(AAVE, slang) An informal drinking establishment featuring blues music and dancing; primarily operated by African Americans in the southeastern United States.
(slang) A fraudulent casino that uses electromagnets to influence the dice or the roulette wheel.
(slang) A nightclub.
(slang, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A Jew.
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(slang) A jukebox .
"jukie" means: A jukebox .. This is informal slang, common in casual speech, texting and social media, but not appropriate for school work, applications or professional settings. There is no real cause for concern in itself; it is everyday peer vocabulary. If your child uses it, a light comment about audience and register is usually enough — no need to escalate. Context, more than the word, tells you whether to follow up.
"jukie" means: A jukebox .. Register: informal slang, fine in casual conversation, texting and social media but not in academic essays, business writing or formal speech. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
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