"jack squat" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "etymology_text": "Related to both jack shit and squat as in diddly-squat; apparently a blend of them. Attested since the 1970s; especially widely popularized by a Saturday Night Live sketch of 1993, \"Matt Foley: A Scary Story on Halloween.\"",
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      "expansion": "jack squat (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "ref": "1979, The Professional Geologist, volume 35, American Institute of Professional Geologists, page 7:",
          "text": "[…] into the fracas with nonsensical gibberish, pretending to be speaking intelligently in Tigrinya. We had a lot of fun like that. The class also enjoyed learning American phrases. One of their favorites was \"Diddly Jack Squat\".",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1989, Jim Jr Leonard, V & V Only: A Play in Two Acts, Samuel French Inc, →ISBN, pages 49-50:",
          "text": "ANTONIO. I seen this program one time with people from Oklahoma and these places ridin' around in their Model T cars with their grandmother and the mattresses piled ten feet in the fuckin' air. I don't feel nothin' for them. I feel jack squat for them people. Hell, they were movin'. They had a damn car. The ground's right below 'em—stick a seed in it, grow somethin' to eat … ! But here, unless you ate garbage—which some people did, and some still doin' it—there's not anyplace you can go to a bush and pick berries off it for nourishment. Christ, it was chaos, the fuckin' depression.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1989, Jimmy Chesire, Home Boy: A Novel, New American Library, →ISBN, page 161:",
          "text": "Oh, sure, I say and hand it over.\n\"When is it?\" I ask. He's about to send me on my way and I don't know jack squat about it.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1993, “Matt Foley: A Scary Story on Halloween”, in Saturday Night Live, season 19, spoken by Matt Foley (Chris Farley):",
          "text": "Mischievous teenager. Uh, really, I don't know.\nMatt Foley: \"I don't know.\" Well, that and a nickel'll get ya a hot cup of jack squat!",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of jack shit."
      ],
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          "word": "jack shit"
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      ],
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        "Matt Foley",
        "Saturday Night Live"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "jack squat"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Related to both jack shit and squat as in diddly-squat; apparently a blend of them. Attested since the 1970s; especially widely popularized by a Saturday Night Live sketch of 1993, \"Matt Foley: A Scary Story on Halloween.\"",
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      "expansion": "jack squat (uncountable)",
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "English uncountable nouns",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1979, The Professional Geologist, volume 35, American Institute of Professional Geologists, page 7:",
          "text": "[…] into the fracas with nonsensical gibberish, pretending to be speaking intelligently in Tigrinya. We had a lot of fun like that. The class also enjoyed learning American phrases. One of their favorites was \"Diddly Jack Squat\".",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1989, Jim Jr Leonard, V & V Only: A Play in Two Acts, Samuel French Inc, →ISBN, pages 49-50:",
          "text": "ANTONIO. I seen this program one time with people from Oklahoma and these places ridin' around in their Model T cars with their grandmother and the mattresses piled ten feet in the fuckin' air. I don't feel nothin' for them. I feel jack squat for them people. Hell, they were movin'. They had a damn car. The ground's right below 'em—stick a seed in it, grow somethin' to eat … ! But here, unless you ate garbage—which some people did, and some still doin' it—there's not anyplace you can go to a bush and pick berries off it for nourishment. Christ, it was chaos, the fuckin' depression.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1989, Jimmy Chesire, Home Boy: A Novel, New American Library, →ISBN, page 161:",
          "text": "Oh, sure, I say and hand it over.\n\"When is it?\" I ask. He's about to send me on my way and I don't know jack squat about it.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1993, “Matt Foley: A Scary Story on Halloween”, in Saturday Night Live, season 19, spoken by Matt Foley (Chris Farley):",
          "text": "Mischievous teenager. Uh, really, I don't know.\nMatt Foley: \"I don't know.\" Well, that and a nickel'll get ya a hot cup of jack squat!",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of jack shit."
      ],
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          "jack shit#English"
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        "Saturday Night Live"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "jack squat"
}