The phrase originates with the comic strip Keeping Up with the Joneses, created by Arthur R. "Pop '' Momand in 1913. The strip ran until 1940 in The New York World and various other newspapers. The strip depicts the social climbing McGinis family, who struggle to "keep up '' with their neighbors, the Joneses of the title. The Joneses were unseen characters throughout the strip 's run, often spoken of but never shown. The idiom keeping up with the Joneses has remained popular long after the strip 's end.
where did the term keeping up with the joneses originate
the comic strip Keeping Up with the Joneses, created by Arthur R. "Pop '' Momand in 1913