Dear John

plural Dear Johns

1. attributiveoftenA Dear John letter in any form or medium.

   She sent me a Dear John email and divorce papers from Sioux Falls, and I never saw her again.

   2019, J. B. Curry, Bad Keys

   2 more examples

   One of my roommates, Kevin Baker, fell apart when his fiancée, an old high school sweetheart, gave him a Dear John phone call.

   2011, Judy Duarte, Call Me Cowboy

   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.

   2022, Susan L. Carruthers, Dear John: Love and Loyalty in Wartime America, page 122