Jeffersons

Movin' on up

Jeffersons is slang for money, specifically paper currency.

The term comes from Thomas Jefferson's portrait on the U.S. two-dollar bill, though it often refers to cash generally: I need to stack some Jeffersons.

The usage follows the pattern of other currency slang like Benjamins (hundred-dollar bills) and Washingtons (ones).

presidency

Monticello

Virginia presidential estate

expansion · enlightenment

sitcom

George

Traditional male name

Florence · CBS · spinoff · Bentley · interracial · doorman · penthouse · Manhattan · seventies · eighties

currency

nickel

Element twenty-eight, or coin

mint · engraving · denomination · coinage · circulation · collector · commemorative · bust · portrait · numismatics

dynasty

family

Related people together

Martha · plantation · ancestry · genealogy · bloodline · heirs · legacy

Opposites
socioeconomic trajectory in tv sitcoms

JeffersonsGood Times

Enjoyable periods remembered fondly

Roseanne · The Honeymooners · Queens · Everybody Loves Raymond

RACIAL/POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE IN 1970s TV

JeffersonsMaude

Traditional feminine name

The Brady Bunch · Happy Days · Leave It to Beaver

Phrases
Family

Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson, Jeffersonian

Familiarity
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Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G