How did the Juke Box get its name and Where does the term “Juke Box” come from?

Photo of author

Karen Hill

According to Lorenzo D. Turner, in the dialect of the Negroes living on the islands lying off the coast of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, a dialect called Gullah, juke is associated with anything connected with a place of ill repute; a juke house (sometimes just a juke) is a disorderly house.

From his researches he found evidence also that the term was derived from dialects in Senegal, French West Africa, whence came the ancestors of most of these Negroes.

Thus we may ascribe to African tribes the common name of our electrically operated, nickel-in-the-slot music box.

Related Posts

  1. How did the Jack-in-the-box get its name and Where does the term Jack in the box come from?
  2. What Was Pandora’s Box In Greek Mythology and What Was the One Thing That Did Not Escape From Pandora’s Box?
  3. How Did the Box Office Get its Name and How Did the Term For the Ticket Booth Originate?
  4. What does the expression “to box the compass” mean and Where does it come from?
  5. How is the Australian Box Jellyfish the Deadliest Jellyfish in the World and Where does it Come From?
  6. Where Did the Expression “Think Outside the Box” Come From and What Does the Saying Mean?