joss
(noun) a Chinese god worshipped in the form of an idol
Source: WordNet® 3.1
joss (countable and uncountable, plural josses)
(countable) A Chinese household divinity; a Chinese idol.
(countable) A heathen divinity.
(uncountable, informal) Luck.
• (luck): chance, fortune; see also luck
Joss
A diminutive of the female given name Jocelyn.
A diminutive of the male given name Joseph.
Joss (third-person singular simple present Josses, present participle Jossing, simple past and past participle Jossed)
(fandom, transitive) To invalidate a fan theory or original element of a fanwork through the introduction of new canon or retconning.
Source: Wiktionary
Joss, n. Etym: [Chinese, corrupt. fr. Pg. deos God, L. deus.]
Definition: A Chinese household divinity; a Chinese idol. "Critic in jars and josses." Colman (1761). Joss house, a Chinese temple or house for the Chinese mode of worship.
– Joss stick, a reed covered with a paste made of the dust of odoriferous woods, or a cylinder made wholly of the paste; -- burned by the Chinese before an idol.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 June 2025
(noun) large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
