Dear John

English

Noun

Dear John (plural Dear Johns)

  1. (often attributive) A Dear John letter in any form or medium.
    • 2011, Judy Duarte, Call Me Cowboy:
      One of my roommates, Kevin Baker, fell apart when his fiancée, an old high school sweetheart, gave him a Dear John phone call.
    • 2019, J. B. Curry, Bad Keys:
      She sent me a Dear John email and divorce papers from Sioux Falls, and I never saw her again.
    • 2022, Susan L. Carruthers, Dear John: Love and Loyalty in Wartime America, page 122:
      A Dear John was a letter from a wife that announced her desire for a divorce. Many GIs might have corrected the professor, however, pointing out that girlfriends and fiancées also sent Dear Johns.
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