GEO
n.— «We were actually thinking about moving back home, with my husband staying here as a GEO [geographic bachelor, a military term for a married soldier in an isolated base or deployment].» —“After the war, a struggle to survive” by Gerard Wright Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) Dec. 21, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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