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Is the phrase “jam up” a Mississippi thing?

Posted on 1/28/20 at 7:31 pm
Posted by shutterspeed
MS Gulf Coast
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Posted on 1/28/20 at 7:31 pm
Never heard of it before moving out here but now seem to hear it regularly.

(i.e. People say her Christmas decorations are jam up.)
Posted by saintsfan22
baton rouge
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Posted on 1/28/20 at 7:35 pm to
Not in that usage. I know it in reference to trouble with the police.
Posted by FightingTigers138
In your thoughts
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Posted on 1/28/20 at 7:37 pm to
Posted by Kafka
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Posted on 1/28/20 at 7:38 pm to
Posted by Hangover Haven
Metry
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Posted on 1/28/20 at 7:39 pm to
Not without, “and jelly tight”...
Posted by DeltaTigerDelta
Member since Jan 2017
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Posted on 1/28/20 at 7:40 pm to
Jam up and jelly tight. Heard it forever ago in the hood along with “case quarter”. Not exclusive to MS.
Posted by Mstate
Birmingham
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Posted on 1/28/20 at 7:42 pm to
Born and raised in ms and I’ve never heard that
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 1/28/20 at 7:45 pm to
There’s a “Jam Up” catering on hwy 30
Posted by Sao
East Texas Piney Woods
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Posted on 1/28/20 at 7:45 pm to

I believe they use the phrase in College Station as well.
Posted by Kafka
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Posted on 1/28/20 at 7:50 pm to
quote:

Jam up and jelly tight. Heard it forever ago in the hood along with “case quarter”. Not exclusive to MS.
1970
Posted by WildManGoose
Member since Nov 2005
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Posted on 1/28/20 at 7:59 pm to
It's common in Ascension parish. Never heard it anywhere else though. Apparently it means really good.
Posted by TigerStripes06
SWLA
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Posted on 1/28/20 at 8:03 pm to
Never heard it used like that. Usually it’s...man, I ain’t trying to jam you up or nothing, but...
Posted by Fat and Happy
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2013
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Posted on 1/28/20 at 8:07 pm to
I actually use it for things that are good.

Didn’t know it was a MS thing
Posted by CheEngineer
Louisiana
Member since Aug 2019
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Posted on 1/28/20 at 8:16 pm to
Heard jam up all my life never the added jelly tight
Posted by MoneyShot
Member since Jan 2013
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Posted on 1/28/20 at 8:20 pm to
You've never heard of a jam up welder?

Trick question, there's no such thing.
Posted by yatesdog38
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Posted on 1/28/20 at 8:20 pm to
It is the 1970s version of the F word. Can be used in multiple contexts and has multiple meanings.
Posted by danilo
Member since Nov 2008
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Posted on 1/28/20 at 8:21 pm to
If you get jammed up don’t mention my name
Posted by MBclass83
Member since Oct 2010
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Posted on 1/28/20 at 8:22 pm to
Jam up and jelly tight!!
Posted by Dandy Lion
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Posted on 1/28/20 at 8:25 pm to
I prefer marmalade marvelous
Posted by CelticDog
Member since Apr 2015
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Posted on 1/28/20 at 8:41 pm to
No.

I figured it means your cock is as far as it can get up in there.

Heard it 55 years ago in north louisiana and south Carolina

More recently it was a lyric in rock song.

Jam up and jelly tight.

That means it is way up in there.
This post was edited on 1/28/20 at 8:43 pm
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