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joe

1

[ joh ]

noun

Informal.
  1. If you're looking for a pastry or breakfast sandwich to go with your morning cup of joe, we’ve got you covered!



Joe

2

[ joh ]

noun

  1. (sometimes lowercase) Informal. fellow; guy:

    the average Joe who works for a living.

  2. Informal. a personification of a typical, often unprepossessing representative of an occupation, personality trait, state of being, etc., that is expressed, sometimes metonymically, as a mock surname:

    Joe Lunchbucket working hard at some factory and paying his taxes year after year; political con artists relying on the gullibility of Joe Schmo.

  3. a male given name, form of Joseph.

Joe

/ əʊ /

noun

  1. a man or fellow
  2. a GI; soldier
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of joe1

First recorded in 1840–50; of uncertain origin
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When did you stop rooting for Joe Goldberg?

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When the first season of the show premiered, I initially found value in Joe’s tortured voice.

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Joe wasn’t Dexter Morgan, trying to sate his violent impulses by targeting people who deserved to die.

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Joe Goldberg has maintained the status quo of his original inner narrative, learning nothing, changing nothing.

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Through Joe’s raw inner monologue, "You" challenged us to empathize with a man fighting a losing battle with his sanity, and confronted the reality of being open and honest with destructive thoughts.

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