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Jody¹

  • /ˈd͡ʒoʊdi/ US

Rhymes with (General American) -oʊdi

Where it comes from

Variant of Judy, diminutive of Judith, q.v.

proper noun Jodi · Jodie

  1. A female given name from Hebrew.

Jody²

  • /ˈd͡ʒoʊdi/ US

Rhymes with (General American) -oʊdi

Where it comes from

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.

proper noun Jodi · Jodie

  1. A female given name from French.
  2. A male given name from French.

noun Jodies · Jodi · Jodie

  1. 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

jody³

Where it comes from

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

noun jodies

  1. 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 formation

    Similar: Jody chant, Jody cadence, Jody call, jody call

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: jodi, jodie, judy, robert, judi, jochebed, jemima, judyth, yehudit, jocelynn, yehuda, judith, jocelyn, johannah, joktan, jedidiah

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@misc{jody_2026,
  title = {jody},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jody},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}