juju

See also: jùjú, jūjū, and ju-ju

English

From a West African language, probably originally from French joujou.

juju (countable and uncountable, plural jujus)

A fetish or charm believed by West Africans to have magical or supernatural powers.
The magical or supernatural power of such a charm.
A superstitious belief in the karmic consequences of an action or behavior, usually negative in connotation.
That's some bad juju.

Reduplication of -ju- in marijuana.

juju (plural jujus)

(slang) A marijuana cigarette; a joint.
- 1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin 2010, p. 75:
  ‘I knew a guy once who smoked jujus,’ she said. ‘Three highballs and three sticks of tea and it took a pipe wrench to get him off the chandelier.’

juju (uncountable)

juju

(slang) catch, hitch, snag, kicker (problem or unexpected difficulty in a deal, negotiation or task)
Kuulostaa hyvältä idealta, mutta mikä on homman juju?
It sounds like a great idea, but what's the catch?
(slang) trick (effective, clever or quick way of doing something, the "secret")
Homman juju on laskea kortit tarkasti.
The trick of it is to count the cards carefully.

Inflection of juju (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		juju	jujut
genitive		jujun	jujujen
partitive		jujua	jujuja
illative		jujuun	jujuihin
		singular	plural
nominative		juju	jujut
accusative	nom.	juju	jujut
accusative	gen.	jujun	jujut
genitive		jujun	jujujen
partitive		jujua	jujuja
inessive		jujussa	jujuissa
elative		jujusta	jujuista
illative		jujuun	jujuihin
adessive		jujulla	jujuilla
ablative		jujulta	jujuilta
allative		jujulle	jujuille
essive		jujuna	jujuina
translative		jujuksi	jujuiksi
instructive		—	jujuin
abessive		jujutta	jujuitta
comitative		—	jujuineen

juju

juju f (plural jujus)

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