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jody
/ˈd͡ʒoʊdi/
name 3noun 2
Collocations
4ADJ.
clever, last
VERB + JODY
call, calls, singing
JODY + NOUN
army, guy, harris, song
PREP.
about, out
Definitions
name
1
A female given name from Hebrew.
name
1
A female given name from French.
2
A male given name from French.
noun
1
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.
“What is Jody? a Jody is the guy back home with your wife or your girlfriend. That is what a Jody is,” Harris explained.
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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 appropriat
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“What is Jody? a Jody is the guy back home with your wife or your girlfriend. That is what a Jody is,” Harris explained.
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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 formation
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I walked back to the dorm as my team ran by in formation singing a jody about their last day.
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Jody looks as if she had seen a ghost.
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