Jer-bear

proper noun

An affectionate nickname for someone named Jeremy or Jerry.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. informalAn affectionate nickname for someone named Jeremy or Jerry.

    Jeremy DeLongpre: Are you okay? Richard DeLongpre: I'm sorry. Come here. No, no, pop up here, Jer-bear.

    2011 Allen Gregory, "Pilot" (season 1, episode 1)
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    "Sorry about that, Jer-bear." She gave his shoulder a squeeze, picking up a large brown envelope tucked in the back of the book.

    2002, Cora Taylor, Ghost Voyages, Coteau Books, →ISBN, page 6

    I wish you could relent.” “Just love the early morning sunshine, Jer-bear.” His face clouds. “Please explain this name to me. 'Jer-bear'?” “Well, there's this cartoon and there are these bears, right?” “Okay. That explains part of it.”

    2014, John Hornor Jacobs, The Shibboleth, Carolrhoda Lab ™, →ISBN, page 147

Origin

Blend of Jeremy + bear or Jerry + bear, chosen for the rhyme, which echoes the precedent of Care Bear.

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APA

Jer-bear. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jer-bear

MLA

“Jer-bear.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jer-bear. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Jer-bear,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jer-bear.

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