A hundred years ago, suffragists lobbied to win women the right to vote. Linguistically speaking, though, suffrage isn’t about “suffering.” It’s from a Latin word that involves voting. Plus: military cadences often include...
Jody calls are military cadences based on the exploits of Jody, an imaginary character blamed for all the things that might go wrong back home while a soldier is deployed, such as losing one’s girlfriend or car. In a master’s thesis...
Zola from San Diego asks about the military slang Jody, usually spelled J-O-D-Y, for a man back home who steals a deployed soldier’s girlfriend or wife. The name appears to have developed from the older Joe the Grinder or Joe D. Grinder, with...