Keeping up with the Joneses, the meaning
Posted by Kevin Snow on January 31, 2003
You didn't post a definition for Keeping Up with the Joneses. The Joneses are the affluent neighbors down the street. If they buy a new car and you buy a new car simply because they did, that's called Keeping up with the Joneses. Another way to say it is maintaining an external show of affluence because your neighbors do.
- Keeping up with the Joneses, the meaning ESC 01/31/03