Jock sniffer

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Sat, Feb 15, 2003 at 07:19:29PM -0500, Duane Campbell wrote:
> Just heard this on Fox Newswatch. As they explained, it is Army slang to
> describe a civilian who is very wrapped up in military affairs.

It's in HDAS in the sense 'person who attempts to fraternize with
athletes', what I would imagine to have been the original sense,
with a first citation from 1971 (referring to the 1960s).

Jesse Sheidlower
OED