JellyRoll - A metaphor for the female genitalia.
Jinx - The bearer of bad luck. A mojo hand would be worn for protection from a jinx.
Jitterbug - A popular dance of the 1940's.
Jive - Bogus, false, or untrue. B.B. King sings "My momma says she loves me, but she could be jivin' too".
Johnny Conqueroo - A woody tuber related to the sweet potato used in a mojo hand.
Jug Band - A band using common items like a jug, washboard, or kazoos to play music.
Juju - African musical genre and another term for a mojo hand.
Juke Joint - A bar or club in the rural South. Sometimes just known as "jukes".
Killing Floor - The room where cows are slaughtered. Usually referring to the stockyards of Chicago.
Lucille - B.B. King's guitar. Named after a woman whose love caused a man to burn the club he was playing in at the time.
Maxwell Street - Chicago market area where Blues performers could play and sell records.
Mojo - A magical spell or item. Someone could put some bad mojo on you or you could carry a mojo hand to ward off these evil intents.
Monkey - An addiction or addict. As in "monkey on my back".
Moonshine - Home made liquor usually distilled from corn.
Parchman Farm - Famous Mississippi prison that inspired the deepest Blues.
Piedmont Blues - Blues music that came from the East Coast and Appalachian Mountains.
Ramblin' - Blues music that came from the East Coast and Appalachian Mountains.
Rent Party - Musical parties in an apartment where admission was used to cover the rent.
Ride the Blinds - Riding a freight train.
Roadhouse - A juke joint or honky tonk next to a highway.
Root Doctor - Person versed in magical cures from plants.
Rounder - A real party animal and womanizer.
Sharecropping - Paying rent on your farm by giving most of the yearly crop to the farm owner. After the Civil War, this effectively kept African-Americans from economic advancement.
Slide - A guitar style that uses a glass or metal tube to slide on the strings, creating variable pitches.
Smokestack Lightin' - A mule fart. Some may say it describes a steam train in the night.
Stagger Lee - Criminal Folk hero who defined the "baddest of the bad".
VooDoo - Folk mysticism from the Caribean.
Yea You Right - New Orleans' answer to every question.
Wang Dang Doodle - A big party.
