記事見出しに使われる短い単語（３） ― jam

記事見出しに使われる短い単語というテーマでお送りしています今週ですが、3日目の今日は、"jam"です。

カタカナ英語でも、混雑、混線しているような状況を”ジャム”、”ジャムっている”などと表現しますが、英和辞書では、


押し込む
押しつぶす
詰め込む
押しつける
押し寄せる
...


等々、多くの意味があります。”渋滞”を意味する、"traffic jam"という表現もよく知られたところです。


Tweet jams L.A. emergency lines
By NOAKI SCHWARTZ

LOS ANGELES — A rapper could face criminal charges after a tweet from his account incited a telephone flash mob that overwhelmed the emergency phone system at one of the busiest stations of the Los Angeles County sheriff’s department, the agency said Saturday.

The sheriff’s department alleges the Game tweeted the phone number of the Compton station Friday and told his 580,000 followers to call the number if they wanted an internship.

The southeast L.A. County station’s phones started ringing Friday evening, and the lines were jammed for more than two hours. During that time people with legitimate issues that included a missing person, spousal abuse and two robberies were also trying to call in, department spokesman Steve Whitmore said.
(Chicago Sun Times. August 14, 2011.)


余談ですが、パンに塗る”ジャム”は動詞の"jam"から派生した単語だそうですが、ご存知でしたか？