jody meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

jody

nounalso spelled Jody

Etymology From Jody, a generic name for males romancing soldiers' girlfriends while they are away from home.

A Jody call.

I watched the formation move away and listened to the PT leader begin to call out a "jody," an Army song to help units run in step in formation1995, James E. Kennedy, About face: a gay officer's account of how he stopped prosecuting ...:
I walked back to the dorm as my team ran by in formation singing a jody about their last day.2011, Mark Lauren with Joshua Clark, You Are Your Own Gym: The Bible of Bodyweight Exercises, page 5:

Synonyms: Jody chant, Jody cadence, Jody call, jody call

Jody

noun

US /ˈd͡ʒoʊdi/

Etymology From a blend of Jo or Joe with Jody or Judy. Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna in relation to most derivations of Jo as a female name.

Government, Military, Politics, War US, Slang The man who seduces a soldier or inmate's wife or girlfriend during his absence.

Even today in the Marine Corps or the Army, one calls a jody, not a marching chant. For the trainee, Jody is the clever civilian who brutally divorces the soldier from the civilian world by appropriating all his possessions and loved ones. Ain't no use in callin home. Jody's on your telephone. Ain't no use in lookin' back. Jody's got your Cadillac. Ain't no use in goin' home. Jody's got your girl and gone. Ain't no use in feelin' blue. Jody's got your sister too.2004, Carol Burke, Camp all-American, Hanoi Jane, and the high-and-tight, page 31:
“What is Jody? a Jody is the guy back home with your wife or your girlfriend. That is what a Jody is,” Harris explained.2008, Richard Engel, War Journal: My Five Years in Iraq, page 298: