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The Nationals Have No Idea How to Use This Jawn
By Jim Adair
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The Washington Nationals are getting some deserved mockery from Phillies fans on Twitter after they tweeted out a jawn that showed they have zero idea how to use “jawn.”
.@Nationals deactivate.
— Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) August 31, 2016
any dugout jawns? pic.twitter.com/dDhk6dW91c
— Jeff McDevitt (@JeffMcDev) August 31, 2016
almost as embarrassing as game 5 of the 2012 NLDS
— Matt.Weedie (@_weedie21) August 31, 2016
I thought it was impossible to use the word jawn wrong but you just proved me wrong
— Quad (@MC_QUAD) August 31, 2016
1980 jawn 2008 jawn
— Spode (@spode32) August 31, 2016
.@Nationals pic.twitter.com/S0VBqUwvOf
— collin mehalick (@collin) August 31, 2016
You see, jawn needs context. It’s a total catch-all, but it doesn’t work without some background. For example, let’s try to translate:
“I got that jawn.” – No idea.
“I been walking around throwing one of them jawns at one of them flamey dudes but the jawn won’t get him.” – I have been having trouble catching a Charizard in the mobile game Pokemon Go.
“Dude they couldn’t even fill their own jawn and had to change the rules so we wouldn’t fill their jawn.” – The Nationals had to change their own ticket rules so Phillies fans wouldn’t fill their ballpark.
See? It’s not hard.
When he's not writing about sports here or ranting about them on Twitter, Jim is probably watching X-Files on Netflix or drinking a beer somewhere. Jim has nothing against hockey, it's just not his style. He once met Duce Staley at a Sixers game.