dear john
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.67 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A Dear John letter in any form or medium.
Example Sentences
- "One of my roommates, Kevin Baker, fell apart when his fiancée, an old high school sweetheart, gave him a Dear John phone call."
- "She sent me a Dear John email and divorce papers from Sioux Falls, and I never saw her again."
- "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."