What's a Jody?
Similarly, you may ask, what is Jody slang for?
A caller is curious about a slang term she hears from her friends in the military. The word is Jody, and it means someone who steals a soldier's girlfriend.
In this regard, why do they call them Jody?
In the United States, these cadences are sometimes called jody calls or jodies, after Jody, a recurring character who figures in some traditional cadences; Jody refers to the man with whom a serviceman's wife/girlfriend cheats, while they are deployed.
Jody is the term used by military people when someone tries picking up your wife or girlfriend.. It was a common term during the Vietnam era. I guess Jody was a popular name back then. a Jody bar is where all the wives and girlfriends go when their men are deployed.