"That's/This's my _jam_!"

Ben Zimmer bgzimmer at GMAIL.COM
Fri Aug 29 06:03:09 UTC 2014


On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 10:29 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
>
> In which "jam" replaces "bag," "thing." et sim. Of course, in my lost teen
> years, this meant "... is a record that I really like!"

It can still mean that, mutatis mutandis. Just replace "record" with
"song (played and shared via a digital streaming service)," e.g.:

https://www.thisismyjam.com/

--bgz

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