British Military and American Jargon

[Archimedes]

As one of the people sentenced to a long term of incarceration at said establishment...

I hear what you say" = Say what you like, I'll do bug.ger all to help.

I fear that you've not been issued with the latest MoD guide ''Circumscribing Interlocution" BEags. 'I hear what you say' now means 'Well thank you for that view, which I shall totally ignore. Kindly fcuk off.'

"Deep blue water thought" = (Means nothing but sounds as though it should)

Also joined by 'sky blue thinking'. I discovered that this is not a reference to Coventry City FC, but the new way of saying 'thinking about the future'.

'Don't be content with the low hanging fruit'

I have no idea what this really means, although it is apparently something to do with the depth of analysis applied.

'We must re-vector our outlook' = Things have gone to ratsh*t. Time for Plan B'

'The complexity and ambiguities prevelant in today's security environment mean that it is necessary to refocus our strategic vectors' = I have no idea what our future strategy should be.

'Welcome to week 39' = Ha! Still another month to go, you poor b@st@rds! [add manic laugh].

There have been others, but I've thankfully managed to purge them from my memory.