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Joey vs Jody - What's the difference?

joey | jody |

As a proper noun joey

is a diminutive of the male given name joe or joseph.

As a noun jody is

a jody call.

joey

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The immature young of a marsupial, notably a junior kangaroo, but also a young wallaby, koala, etc.
  • The shorter word whose letters can be found within a kangaroo word.
  • * 1998 , Richard Lederer, Dave Morice, The Word Circus (page 129)
    • Among the kangaroo words that yield the most joviality and joy are those that conceal multiple joeys .
  • * 2005 , Anu Garg, Another Word a Day (page 132)
    • Sometimes a kangaroo word has more than one joey .

    References

    * (EtymOnLine) English terms with unknown etymologies

    jody

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (female given name) Jodi, Jodie

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A diminutive of Judith or Jo, also used as a formal female given name.
  • A diminutive of the male given name Joe or Joseph, also used as a formal male given name.

    • Noun

    (Jodies)
  • A male civilian who romances a military man's wife or girlfriend in his absence.
  • * {{quote-book, title=Camp all-American, Hanoi Jane, and the high-and-tight, page=31, author=Carol Burke, year=2004, passage=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.}}
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    • English diminutives of female given names English diminutives of male given names