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{{dablink|'''Jock''' is a name for both people and things. For its etymologies, translations, and slang meanings not stated below, check Wiktionary.}}
See also, ''[[Jocks (film)]]''
A '''jock''', by most accepted standards of the [[stereotype]] (if one is American), is an individual - usually a tall, physically fit, male in his late teens or early twenties - who is well-known for his athletic abilities. Jocks are more widely recognized in certain team sports, such as [[basketball]], [[Football (soccer)|football]], [[American football]], [[Australian Football]] and other physically demanding sports.
The modern term "jock" derives from "jockstrap", an athletic supporter typically worn by males in contact sports to prevent injury to their penis and scrotum. "Jockstrap" (a strap for the jock) itself derives from an older use of "jock" as a reference to a seaman (the name Jock being a common male name in Scotland) and the association of a common name or its variations [cf "Dick", "Willy" etc] with the penis or with sexual/excretory acts (such as "to jockum cloy a woman" for "to enjoy a woman" and "jockum gauge" for a chamber pot.) <ref>Francis Grose, "The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue"</ref>.
The modern slang term "jock" as a reference to an athlete can be used pejoratively, neutrally, or even complementarity. The pejorative use refers to an individual whose awareness of his own athletic abilities (or possible lack thereof) gives him the appearance of conceit, real or not to the observer (and in this sense the words "musclehead" and "musclebrain" are sometimes used); and as a result, jocks are often regarded as bullies to their peers, especially those who are not athletically inclined or don't play sports in general. Most famously, the targets of bullying by "jocks" are "[[Nerd|nerds]]" - as popularized by movies such as ''[[Revenge of the Nerds]]'' - given the idea that the athletically inclined and the intellectually inclined are polar opposites and that the traits each stereotyped group exhibit cannot coexist peacefully.
Jock is also a term used, either derogatively or as a term of endearment, for people from Scotland.
===Generic terms for people===
* A pejorative term for a Scottish Soldier (like an English [[Tommy Atkins|Tommy]]) and used as a nickname by such units as the [[British 9th (Scottish) Division]], the "Jocks".
* Used generically for 'the common man' (as John, Dick).
* [[Jockey]] was originally a diminutive of Jock.
* [[Jock (subculture)]], an athlete.
* [[Shock jock]], a disk jockey known for making off-colour comments on-air.
=== Individual people and characters commonly known by solely their given name '''Jock'''===
* [[Jock Stein]] - Celtic FC manager (1965-78), a football club in Scotland
* [[Jock (comics)]], a British comic book artist
* [[Arlesdale Railway#Jock|Jock the New Engine]], a locomotive on the fictional Arlesdale Railway in [[The Railway Series]] by Rev. W. Awdry
* Jock, Vincent Reis, an all-star sprinter
* Jock, [[Paul Denton]]'s friend and [[JC Denton]]'s [[black helicopter]] pilot in [[Deus Ex]].
* [[Jock and Trusty|Jock]], a character in the 1955 Disney animated film [[Lady and the Tramp]]
* [[John Ross "Jock" Ewing, Sr.|Jock Ewing]], a [[Dallas (TV series)|Dallas]] character, [[J. R. Ewing|
JR]]'s father.
* Jock the Pilot was [[Indiana Jones| Indy's]] pilot from [[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]
===Animals===
* '''Jock''' was the name of [[Winston Churchill]]'s cat
* in fiction, '''Wee Jock''' was the dog owned by [[Hamish Macbeth]].
* [[Jock of the Bushveld]] Book by South African author Sir Percy Fitzpatrick, telling of FitzPatrick's travels with his dog Jock during the 1880s
===Things known as '''Jocks''' or '''Jock'''===
* a shortening of [[jockstrap]] (type of male underwear often used by sportsmen)
* a general term for male underwear, generally called a pair of 'jocks'.
* [[Jock series]] albums by [[Tommy Boy records]] is a popular superseries of albums split into subseries like [[Jock Jams]], [[Jock Rock]]. However, [[Slam Jams]] is part of the superseries abeit omission of "Jock" in the name.
* [[Jock itch]] is an alternative name name for a fungal infection of the groin region.
===In Media===
* [[Jock o' the Side]], a [[border ballad]]
* [[John of Hazelgreen]], ''ditto''
* [[Jocks (film)]], a 1987 film starring [[Perry Lang]]
==Slang Usage==
*Jock is sometimes used in slang terms as saying that you are obsessed with someone. For instance, if you say: "Craig was on Sally's jock." it means that Craig is obsessed with Sally to the point where he is almost a stalker.{{Fact|date=January 2008}}
==See also==
*''[[The Jocks and the Geordies]]'', a ''Dandy'' comic strip
* [[Hearties]] - the British equivalent
==References==
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== External links ==
*[http://www.unitedjocks.ca/index.php?pr=Current_Article The Essence of Jock]
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