This week is a historic week in the annals of Philadelphia lingo, thanks to the fact that a “jawn” definition was finally added to the dictionary. Well, not the dictionary. Merriam-Webster, the oldest ...

Philadelphia, "youse" should listen to this "jawn." Merriam-Webster announced Wednesday on Twitter that Philly's own beloved slang term "jawn" could be the dictionary's next new word: "Philly, this ...

And if you’re now trying to search for a definition of what jawn means, well, you’re in luck — Dictionary.com just added one. Billy Penn describes jawn as a “malleable mouthful,” essentially meaning ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A noun used frequently by Philadelphians (and arguably only used by Philadelphians) has finally made it to Dictionary.com. The word "jawn" is now on the website. Jawn is a noun, ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Merriam-Webster says Jawn is on the list of words they are watching! They say the word, Jawn, unique to Philly is a word they are increasingly seeing used that has not yet met ...