Johnny-on-the-spotn.

Brit.

/ˌdʒɒnɪɒnðəˈspɒt/, U.S.

/ˌdʒɑniɔnðəˈspɑt/,

/ˌdʒɑniɑnðəˈspɑt/

Forms: 1800s– Johnny-on-the-Spot, 1900s– Johnny-on-the-spot, 1900s– johnny-on-the-spot.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: Johnny n., on the spot adj.

Etymology: < Johnny n. + on the spot adj.With sense 2 compare Johnny n. 5.

colloquial.

1. Originally and chiefly North American. A person who is available and ready to act or to undertake something when needed; a person who can be relied on to be ready and willing to do what is required. Often (and in earliest use) in to be Johnny-on-the-spot.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > presence > [noun] > person or thing that is present

presencec1330

presentc1330

standera1500

Johnny-on-the-spot1880

presentee1892

ever-present1903

the world > action or operation > advantage > convenience > [noun] > a convenience > a convenient person

Johnny-on-the-spot1880

1880 Camden (Indiana) Expositor 11 Nov. ‘You think you're Johnny on the Spot,’ sneered the arrested pickpocket. ‘No, merely a detective on the spot, and you're spotted.’

1922 Weekly Underwriter 8 Apr. 744/2 The agent is a ‘Johnny on the spot’ at all times to meet your needs.

1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 13 Jan. 42/7 He..was johnny-on-the-spot to rap in Mike Walton's rebound.

2014 @AddledPixie 9 Oct. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) I plucked a chin hair on the very first try today, so if anyone needs a Johnny-on-the-spot for an open heart surgery, I'm ready to scrub-in.

2. North American. A small prefabricated structure containing a toilet, designed for easy transportation and temporary installation esp. outdoors, as on a work site or at an open-air public event.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > privy or latrine > [noun] > water-closet or lavatory > types of

pan-closet1855

trough-closet1870

tumbler closet1870

pan-latrine1897

flush toilet1950

Porta Potti1968

Johnny-on-the-spot1971

1971 Washington Post 27 Oct. a 21/2 I even kept my chin up for the two weeks that a johnny-on-the-spot was parked on the sidewalk in front of my Foggy Bottom townhouse.

1995 Maclean's (Toronto) 7 Aug. 42/3 You are not allowed to avail yourself of the indoor plumbing... You are permitted to squeeze into a telephone-booth-sized coffin with a hole in the seat called a Johnny-on-the-Spot out under the trees beside a fairway.

2018 @parksewer 21 Sept. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Portable toilets save 45 billion gallons of water each year! Using a Johnny-on-the-spot conserves our Earth's limited water!

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	johnny-on-the-spot
释义	Johnny-on-the-spotn. Brit. /ˌdʒɒnɪɒnðəˈspɒt/, U.S. /ˌdʒɑniɔnðəˈspɑt/, /ˌdʒɑniɑnðəˈspɑt/ Forms: 1800s– Johnny-on-the-Spot, 1900s– Johnny-on-the-spot, 1900s– johnny-on-the-spot. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: Johnny n., on the spot adj. Etymology: < Johnny n. + on the spot adj.With sense 2 compare Johnny n. 5. colloquial. 1. Originally and chiefly North American. A person who is available and ready to act or to undertake something when needed; a person who can be relied on to be ready and willing to do what is required. Often (and in earliest use) in to be Johnny-on-the-spot. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > [noun] > person or thing that is present presencec1330 presentc1330 standera1500 Johnny-on-the-spot1880 presentee1892 ever-present1903 the world > action or operation > advantage > convenience > [noun] > a convenience > a convenient person Johnny-on-the-spot1880 1880 Camden (Indiana) Expositor 11 Nov. ‘You think you're Johnny on the Spot,’ sneered the arrested pickpocket. ‘No, merely a detective on the spot, and you're spotted.’ 1922 Weekly Underwriter 8 Apr. 744/2 The agent is a ‘Johnny on the spot’ at all times to meet your needs. 1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 13 Jan. 42/7 He..was johnny-on-the-spot to rap in Mike Walton's rebound. 2014 @AddledPixie 9 Oct. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) I plucked a chin hair on the very first try today, so if anyone needs a Johnny-on-the-spot for an open heart surgery, I'm ready to scrub-in. 2. North American. A small prefabricated structure containing a toilet, designed for easy transportation and temporary installation esp. outdoors, as on a work site or at an open-air public event. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > privy or latrine > [noun] > water-closet or lavatory > types of pan-closet1855 trough-closet1870 tumbler closet1870 pan-latrine1897 flush toilet1950 Porta Potti1968 Johnny-on-the-spot1971 1971 Washington Post 27 Oct. a 21/2 I even kept my chin up for the two weeks that a johnny-on-the-spot was parked on the sidewalk in front of my Foggy Bottom townhouse. 1995 Maclean's (Toronto) 7 Aug. 42/3 You are not allowed to avail yourself of the indoor plumbing... You are permitted to squeeze into a telephone-booth-sized coffin with a hole in the seat called a Johnny-on-the-Spot out under the trees beside a fairway. 2018 @parksewer 21 Sept. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Portable toilets save 45 billion gallons of water each year! Using a Johnny-on-the-spot conserves our Earth's limited water! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1880
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