jo

plural jos · alternative joe

1. ScotlandDarling, sweetheart.

   Keek into the draw-well, Janet, Janet; There ye'll see your bonnie sel', My jo, Janet.

   My Jo Janet (traditional Scottish song)

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   On Old long syne my Jo, on Old long syne, That thou canst never once reflect, on Old long syne.

   1711, traditional, published by James Watson, Old Long Syne

1. The staff used in the Japanese martial art of jodo or jojutsu.

alternative Joe

1. A female given name.

   "Its name is Samantha Jo, after Josiah and me. You know they call girls Jo and Josie a sight lately; its name is agreeable to Josiah and me, very.

   1888, Marietta Holley, Josiah Allen's Wife as a P.A. and P.I.: Samantha at the Centennial, page 577

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   Jo Rae Perkins was carrying about 50 percent of the vote in Oregon’s primary as of Wednesday afternoon, vanquishing three other Republican candidates to become the party’s nominee for the seat currently held by Senator Jeff Merkley, a Democrat.

   2020 May 20, Mike Baker, “G.O.P. Voters Back QAnon Conspiracy Promoter for U.S. Senate”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 21 May 2020

1. alternativerareAlternative form of Joe.

   Name, Jo. Nothing else that he knows on. Don't know that everybody has two names. Never heerd of sich a think. Don't know that Jo is short for a longer name. Thinks it long enough for him. He don't find no fault with it. Spell it? No. He can't spell it.

   1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, “Chapter XI”, in Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC

plural JOs

1. abbreviationcountableinitialismslanguncountableInitialism of jerk off.
2. PhilippinesabbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of job order.
3. PhilippinescountableuncountableA job order employee.
4. PhilippinesabbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of job offer.
5. abbreviationcountableuncountableAbbreviation of jail officer.
6. abbreviationcountableuncountableAbbreviation of junior officer.