jones
noun
[ dʒəʊnz ]
• a fixation on or compulsive desire for someone or something, typically a drug; an addiction.
• "a two-year amphetamine jones"
jones
verb
• have a fixation on; be addicted to.
• "Palmer was jonesing for some coke again"
Origin:
1960s: said to come from Jones Alley, in Manhattan, associated with drug addicts.
