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Not a native english speaker here: what does "jack" mean in this context?

by darkwater 7y ago

jorblumesea 7y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Jacks_(businessman) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Jacks_(businessman)
- jjeaff 7y ago
  >There are competing claims to the origin of the name "Monterey Jack" cheese, including one by Domingo Pedrazzi of Carmel Valley who argued that his use of a pressure jack gave the cheese its name.There are also claims that "Monterey Jack" cheese originated from the Victorine Ranch, south of Malpaso Creek
mikekchar 7y ago
There are 3 contexts: the name of a cheese similar to cheddar (but made with a washed curd), the name of a device that you use to lift your car, the surname of someone associated with it. In the second case, you can imagine pressing the cheese using the "jack".
- koolba 7y ago
  “Jack” is also used to refer to the female end of a wire connector, e.g. audio jack.
  - fyp 7y ago
    If you include slang usages there's also jack off (jerk off), car got jacked (hijacked), he got jacked (muscular), doesn't know jack (jack shit), jack in (term from megaman battle network)
    - germinalphrase 7y ago
      also a wooden assistant for removing one’s boots (aka boot jack)
      - akovaski 7y ago
        also a playing card, or a small metallic object with tetrahedrally oriented spikes used in the game Jacks https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jack#English https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jack#English
        chrisdhoover 7y ago
        Jacks and jennies, male and female asses, jack leg, a bad tradesman, jacks a pointless kids game, jimmy jack, fiddle fart, ball the jack, go flat out
    - telesilla 7y ago
      I'm under the impression 'Jacking in' was introduced by William Gibson in Neuromancer, 1984
notjtrig 7y ago
I had to look it up, it refers to “A semisoft cheese with a buttery-ivory color and a mild flavor similar to American muenster. Named after its creator, David Jacks” “David Jacks was a powerful Californian landowner, developer, and businessman. Born in Scotland, he emigrated to California during the 1849 Gold Rush, and soon acquired several thousand acres in and around Monterey, shaping the history of Monterey County in the first decades of American possession.“
- ijiiijji1 7y ago
  Jack, a former arms merchant, who would sell anyone a gun, and land scammer who conspired with a lawyer to steal the land of Monterey, stole the recipe and named it after himself. https://youtu.be/xvJYKXYTzHM https://youtu.be/xvJYKXYTzHM

Not a native english speaker here: what does "jack" mean in this context?

jorblumesea 7y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Jacks_(businessman) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Jacks_(businessman)

jjeaff 7y ago
>There are competing claims to the origin of the name "Monterey Jack" cheese, including one by Domingo Pedrazzi of Carmel Valley who argued that his use of a pressure jack gave the cheese its name.There are also claims that "Monterey Jack" cheese originated from the Victorine Ranch, south of Malpaso Creek

mikekchar 7y ago

There are 3 contexts: the name of a cheese similar to cheddar (but made with a washed curd), the name of a device that you use to lift your car, the surname of someone associated with it. In the second case, you can imagine pressing the cheese using the "jack".

koolba 7y ago
“Jack” is also used to refer to the female end of a wire connector, e.g. audio jack.
- fyp 7y ago
  If you include slang usages there's also jack off (jerk off), car got jacked (hijacked), he got jacked (muscular), doesn't know jack (jack shit), jack in (term from megaman battle network)
  - germinalphrase 7y ago
    also a wooden assistant for removing one’s boots (aka boot jack)
    - akovaski 7y ago
      also a playing card, or a small metallic object with tetrahedrally oriented spikes used in the game Jacks https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jack#English https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jack#English
      - chrisdhoover 7y ago
        Jacks and jennies, male and female asses, jack leg, a bad tradesman, jacks a pointless kids game, jimmy jack, fiddle fart, ball the jack, go flat out
  - telesilla 7y ago
    I'm under the impression 'Jacking in' was introduced by William Gibson in Neuromancer, 1984

notjtrig 7y ago

I had to look it up, it refers to “A semisoft cheese with a buttery-ivory color and a mild flavor similar to American muenster. Named after its creator, David Jacks” “David Jacks was a powerful Californian landowner, developer, and businessman. Born in Scotland, he emigrated to California during the 1849 Gold Rush, and soon acquired several thousand acres in and around Monterey, shaping the history of Monterey County in the first decades of American possession.“

ijiiijji1 7y ago
Jack, a former arms merchant, who would sell anyone a gun, and land scammer who conspired with a lawyer to steal the land of Monterey, stole the recipe and named it after himself. https://youtu.be/xvJYKXYTzHM https://youtu.be/xvJYKXYTzHM