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Lamar Hirthe

Feb 20, 2025

What is a chamoke or jamoke?

Yeah idk how it's spelt. All I know, is some guy called me a name today that sounded like chamoke or jamoke. He said it in a joking insulting way but I was scared to ask him what he meant because he was already kind of mad.
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Marta Dicki

Feb 20, 2025

It's an insult often heard in mafia movies. It means you're just plain stupid.... Show More
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Marta Dicki

Feb 20, 2025

It is an old term, jamoke, it doesn't really mean anything specific. It it just supposed to be insulting. Here's an entry on it.Etymology. Appearing at the end of the 19th century as a blend of java +‎ mocha, by the 1920s it became slang for someone who lacked mental abilities beyond that of a cup of coffee, probably influenced by moke. In the 1960s it also began to be used as slang for male ԍᴇɴιтᴀʟia.... Show More
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Marta Dicki

Feb 20, 2025

"Appearing at the end of the 19th century as a blend of java +‎ mocha, by the 1920s it became slang for someone who lacked mental abilities beyond that of a cup of coffee, probably influenced by moke. In the 1960s it also began to be used as slang for male ԍᴇɴιтᴀʟia."... Show More
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