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dear John letter

1. A letter sent by a girlfriend (usually) explaining to her guy that she has no wish to see him any more, or that the relationship is not working out. Equivalent when the target is female is the dear Jeannie letter.

2. Letter from a would-be employer regretfully informing a job applicant that for one reason or another, which may or may not be given, they didn't make it.
Marie, not being the most confident girl on the block, gave Desmond her dear John letter after he ogled too many women on the beach.

I just got the dear John letter from ToyMaster last week.
by Fearman January 7, 2008
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Dear John Email

A generic email from HR telling you that you have not received the job you applied for. It contains many of the same elements as a dear John letter. We like you very much, we appreciate that you like us as well, but their are other people that we more interested in seeing.
Joel: Have you heard about that job yet at the hospital?

Kobar: I woke up and found a dear john email in my in-box. Looks like I'll be bagging groceries for the rest of my life.

Joel: Bummer
by Vincent84 February 15, 2010
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Dear sir

1. A phrase commonly used in the beginning of a formal letter to adress a male recipient.

2. The debut 1995 album by Cat Power a.k.a. Chan Marshall

3. Euphemism that serves to imply that the person you're adressing outside of formal letter is either a mental case, alternatively gifted or just says improper things.
1. Dear sir Honorable Robert Gates,

Why does the Pentagon state that F-35 is a 5th generation fighter? I hereby solemnly inform you that it doesn't meet the vital criterias of supercruise flight and weapons delivery, thrust vectoring control, synthetic aperture radar as well as features agility and thrust of flatulenting expectant mother.

Sincerely yours, retired USAF Security Forces serviceman, Chuck Norris.

2. Man, back in 1995 the skies were bluer and the grass was greener but Cat Power since her Dear Sir release is still as catpowerful as she was back then. Although I haven't even heard any of her stuff.

3.
- I wish I lived back in times of Harry Truman when USA were strong and wouldn't let pinkos and niggers talk, not just become presidents.
- Have you, dear sir, just used your mouthhole to produce a verbal message of approving McCarthy totalitarianism, social hysteria, racism, civilian inequality, nuclear destruction of non-combatants, illegal experimentation on foreign citizens (Guatemala syphilis experiment) in a country which was created by freemasonic Founding Fathers to anchor the ideals of freedom, equality and justice? Way to go, butt-for-brains.
by Hersir April 6, 2012
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Dear Starboy

A repulsive fanfiction that centers around the two characters, Tom and Tord, from the webseries Eddsworld. It takes place in an AU where Tord is a pastel uwu soft boy and Tom is a bitch introvert.

Other than the unsettling contrast from canon personalities, this book is a messy plethora of not taking suicide seriously, overdramatization and other unrealistic ideals. Tl;dr, it's shit. It barely even has any connection to Eddsworld itself.

Unfortunately, most of the Eddsworld fandom's young fans consider this story a masterpiece when they are being blinded by foolishness.
Dear starboy is so unrealistic, I don't see how many people even like it.
by home biscuit April 20, 2019
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Dear Juliet

an amazing band that has very cute songs that remind me of my cute boyfriend<3
by KailaMarie August 7, 2008
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Dear Prudence

"Dear Prudence" is an advice column on the Slate website. Prudence, or "Prudie", dispenses timely, and sometimes humorous or cutting advice for modern day problems.

There is also a song by the Beatles entitled Dear Prudence, but this has nothing to do with the advice column.
"Dear Prudence;

My boyfriend doesn't want me talking to any of my ex-boyfriends, what should I do?

(signed) Confused"
by TottPaula December 19, 2009
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Dear Santa

A very fit women. So fit you would write to Santa Claus and ask for her for christmas.
She's a dear santa
by Bodge001 October 20, 2008
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