jones

 
Pronunciation: /dʒəʊnz/
US, chiefly black slang

noun

  • a fixation on or compulsive desire for someone or something, typically a drug; an addiction: a two-year amphetamine jones

verb

[no object] (jones on/for)
  • 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