English

Alternative forms

• (female given name): Jodi, Jodie

Proper noun

Jody

1. A diminutive of Judith or Jo, also used as a formal female given name.
2. A diminutive of the male given name Joe or Joseph, also used as a formal male given name.

Noun

Jody ‎(plural Jodies)

1. A male civilian who romances a military man's wife or girlfriend in his absence.
   • 2004, Carol Burke, Camp all-American, Hanoi Jane, and the high-and-tight, page 31:

     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 you 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.

   • 2008, Richard Engel, War journal: my five years in Iraq, page 298:

     “What is Jody? a Jody is the guy back home with your wife or your girlfriend. That is what a Jody is,” Harris explained.

English

Noun

jody ‎(plural jodies)

1. A Jody call.
   • 1995, James E. Kennedy, About face: a gay officer's account of how he stopped prosecuting ...:

     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

   • 2011, Mark Lauren; Joshua Clark, You Are Your Own Gym: The Bible of Bodyweight Exercises, page 5:

     I walked back to the dorm as my team ran by in formation singing a jody about their last day.

Synonyms

• Jody chant, Jody cadence, Jody call, jody call