jones

Meanings

Noun

• Heroin.
• An addiction or intense craving.

Verb

• Have an intense craving.

Origin

• Ed Boland, in The New York Times, March 2002, attributes the term to heroin addicts who frequented Great Jones Alley in New York City, off Great Jones Street between Broadway and Lafayette Street, although the slang term has obviously been around much longer.
• Dan Waldorf explains that the noun use originated from heroin users.