Jocks

Why are Scottish soldiers, especially in Scottish regiments, always called Jocks by their officers, frequently Scots themselves, but by the term Jocks differentiating themselves from their fellow Scots?

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While Robot Jocks is a good one, nothing can eclipse the cheese of the following two films:

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'Jocks' - would you like Wendy Alexander for President, and 'bin' HM The Queen?

Army Rumour Service 2009

'Jocks' - would you like Wendy Alexander for President, and 'bin' HM The Queen?

Army Rumour Service 2009

In the High School hierarchy (which I believe that you managed to skip), the Jocks are at the top.

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Girls who identified as "Jocks", had relatively few body image or dieting problems, seemingly unconcerned about their weight.

Charlotte Hilton Andersen: Eating Disorder Roulette 2008

The "Jocks" did not waterbathe and their personal sanitation requirements differed from ours and were taken care of differently.

The Past Through Tomorrow Heinlein, Robert A. 1967

The "Jocks" did not waterbathe and their personal sanitation requirements differed from ours and were taken care of differently.

Methuselah's Children Heinlein, Robert A. 1958

But prior to this three "Jocks" and three of our own regiment crawled out of the trench and into the house, and we spotted a piano on the ground floor.

A Soldier's Sketches Under Fire Harold Harvey

On the right the "Jocks" managed at heavy cost to seize a hill, known afterwards as Outpost Hill, and were at once enfiladed from every ridge in the vicinity and compelled to withdraw.

With Our Army in Palestine Antony Bluett