Jape

jape (dʒeɪp)
noun
1. a device to trick, deceive or cheat.
So you think you can get rich at Blackjack through some card counting jape?*

Synonyms: ambush, artifice, blind, bluff, casuistry, cheat, chicanery, circumvention, con, concealment, conspiracy, conundrum, cover, deception, decoy, delusion, device, disguise, distortion, dodge, double-dealing, duplicity, equivocation, evasion, fabrication, fake, falsehood, feint, forgery, fraud, game, gimmick, hoax, illusion, imposition, imposture, intrigue, invention, machination, maneuver, perjury, plot, ploy, pretense, ruse, snare, stratagem, subterfuge, swindle, trap, treachery, wile.

verb
1. to trick, deceive or cheat.
C'mon, Bro!?! Does this look like the face of someone who would jape at cards?

Synonyms: baffle, bamboozle, befuddle, bilk, con, confound, confuse, deceive, defraud, delude, dupe, flimflam, hoax, hoodwink, hornswoggle, mystify, perplex, puzzle, stump, swindle, trick.

*The answer is no. I do not think that. Card counting, though interesting, is a waste of time because most casinos do not use only a single deck, but a “shoe” with up to six decks active at any time. While card counting does increase a player’s chance for success, statistics indicate that most players working against a “shoe” or multiple decks only increases their rate of success by less than a single percentage point.

Jackalope

jack-a-lope ((jklōp)

noun
1. a mythic North American animal (or "fearsome critter"), described as a rabbit with antlers, often recreated by taxidermists.
The supercilious jackalope caused a wild hullabaloo, by claiming to be related to the pygmy deer and infamous killer rabbits.* 

Synonyms: blutschink, dahu, dilldapp, ellwetritsch, hanghuhn, horned rabbit, rasselbock, wolpertinger.

*It feels wrong to reference killer rabbits without mentioning the Rabbit of Caerbannog and Monty Python.
**Douglas, Wyoming was named "the Home of the Jackalope" because the fearsome critters were first discovered there in 1829. To celebrate their jackalope heritage, the town has erected a jackalope statue and celebrates Jackalope Days in early June.
***Ronald Reagan had a jackalope head mounted in his home, and as a joke in the 1980s, claimed to have hunted and caught the creature himself. The senator of South Dakota, James Abdnor, also gave Reagan and taxidermy jackalope head as a gag gift.

Jentacular

jen-tac-u-lar (jen-TAK-yuh-luhr)
adjective
1. of or pertaining to breakfast, consumed early in the morning or immediately after waking.
Would you like toast and jam with your tea? We also have yogurt, cereal, bacon, eggs, and numerous other jentacular offerings.

Synonyms: breakfast-ish, morning-menu-esque.*

*See how desperately we need this word!?!
**As appropriate as this word would be for describing the many spectacular qualities that originated with my sister, Jenny, that would not be an appropriate use of the term.

Heebie-jeebies

hee-bie-jee-bies* (hb-jbz)

slang/noun
1. Nervous in a creeped out way.
Barney Google's uncanny resemblance to Homer Simpson gives me the heebie-jeebies.**

Synonyms: willies.

* Coined by William De Beck (1890-1942), American cartoonist, in his comic strip Barney Google.
** Homer's great-grandfather, maybe?

Jamminess

jam-mi-ness (jmns)

noun
1. Unexpected luck or a fluke.
Jamminess is what happens when disorganization meets fortunate coincidence, allowing things to work out anyway.

Synonyms: advantage, being in possession of a guardian fuck-up, blessing, blind optimism, fluke, fortune, godsend, good luck, karma, kismet, lucky break, serendipity, triumph, weal, win.