Does anyone know the origin of the term "Joe Maxi"?

The Scientician

For a taxi.

mikemac

Jo Maxi was a well known RTÉ show in the eighties

Do you remember it?

It had different sections, the one I remember most was Babel, kind of a debate/information session and they'd get youth groups like a local Fóroige on it to discuss issues
Everyone knew and since it involved the youth, so it became a common term

There was a petrol pump in the credits I think so got associated with motors and taxis

The Scientician

mikemac wrote: »

Jo Maxi was a well known RTÉ show in the eighties

Do you remember it?

It had different sections, the one I remember most was Babel, kind of a debate/information session and they'd get youth groups like a local Fóroige on it to discuss issues
Everyone knew and since it involved the youth, so it became a common term

There was a petrol pump in the credits I think so got associated with motors and taxis

I remember it (was on it much to my eternal shame) but I was under the impression that it was named for the slang term and wasn't the origin of it. Maybe I'm wrong.

The Scientician

More to the point, what the hell does "Jo Maxi" mean if it's just a tv show names?

mikemac

A quick look at urbandictionary and slang.ie shows RTÉ came up with the name, the Dubs copied it later on

I would suspect it came from Vanessa Paradis and the famous Joe le Taxi which came out two years before RTÉ so timing sounds about right and a producer changed it around
Very famous song, got right up in the charts and stayed there

cosmic

Isn't it Joe Baxi?!

PulpitNeil

cosmic wrote: »

Isn't it Joe Baxi?!

No, you just have a cold.

Jesus Wept

Rhyming slang.... brilllliant.

The Scientician

mikemac wrote: »

A quick look at urbandictionary and slang.ie shows RTÉ came up with the name, the Dubs copied it later on

I dunno about slang.ie but I wouldn't really rely on urbandictionary to tell me the origin of a term. Anyone can and does post whatever the hell they want meaning and origin for any term under the sun on UD.

Sunnyisland

Joe baxi is the cockney slang for taxi, as most of us in the emerald isle like to be a bit different than our friends across the water I am assuming the we dubs changed it to jo maxi, I am certain that this word was going around and used in the early 70,s. :-)

The Scientician

The plot thickens! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Baksi

mrsdewinter

mikemac wrote: »

A quick look at urbandictionary and slang.ie shows RTÉ came up with the name, the Dubs copied it later on

I would suspect it came from Vanessa Paradis and the famous Joe le Taxi which came out two years before RTÉ so timing sounds about right and a producer changed it around
Very famous song, got right up in the charts and stayed there

Urbandictionary is incorrect. That show kicked off when I was in my teens (I was young enough to get ridiculously excited that RTE schedulers had produced such a hip, swinging kinda programme for hip, swinging kids like myself ) and I clearly remember one of the presenters explaining, a la Blue Peter, that a 'Jo Maxi' was Dublin slang for taxi.

I was growing up down the country, and I certainly wasn't familiar with Dublin rhyming slang, so I didn't question it.

Maybe we should take this to Ray D'Arcy's Fix It Friday...