Category Archives: Cleveland Janks

Janks collected during an impromptu collection event during the Unruly Engagements Conference at the Cleveland Institute of Art, November 7, 2014.

*We hope to return to Cleveland to do a city-wide collection in the future.

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Spanish: “huevón”
English: Literally “big egg” but slang for “really big testicles” that are so big they prevent you from moving.
collected: Cleveland, Ohio – Cleveland Institute of Art (11-7-14)
origin: a common saying in El Salvador, used when someone is being lazy or slow.

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“You’re so full of it your eyes are brown”
collected: Cleveland, Ohio – Cleveland Institute of Art (11-7-14)
origin: heard it from her cousins when growing up in suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio

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“You have so many gaps in your teeth that it looks like your tongue is behind bars in jail”
collected: Cleveland, Ohio – Cleveland Institute of Art (11-7-14)
origin: growing up in Philly in the 90s/early 2000s. They called it “coming at your neck” and it would often end in physical fights