Wanted - Military Vernacular Words and Phrases
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Wanted - Military Vernacular Words and Phrases
MILITARY VERNACULAR WORDS AND PHRASES WANTED
Here are a few to start with. Obscure ones may need an explanation
Little Friends - Mustangs
Gremlins - fifinellas - widgets
Bingo Fuel
Bogey
SNAFU
Sitrep
Ops Normal
3 Greens
Firewall
Unsure of Position = lost
Touch and Go
Gutzer
St Elmo's fire
Chute
Short Final
Break left/right
Mayday-Securite - Pan
Conning
P/O Prune
12 o'clock high
Bought the farm
Ace
PNR
Way Point
Clapped out
Dead Reckoning - deduced reckoning
Fly by wire
Race Track
Holding
Glide Path
Murphy's Law
Greaser
Prop
Stick
Yoke
Friendly
Here are a few to start with. Obscure ones may need an explanation
Little Friends - Mustangs
Gremlins - fifinellas - widgets
Bingo Fuel
Bogey
SNAFU
Sitrep
Ops Normal
3 Greens
Firewall
Unsure of Position = lost
Touch and Go
Gutzer
St Elmo's fire
Chute
Short Final
Break left/right
Mayday-Securite - Pan
Conning
P/O Prune
12 o'clock high
Bought the farm
Ace
PNR
Way Point
Clapped out
Dead Reckoning - deduced reckoning
Fly by wire
Race Track
Holding
Glide Path
Murphy's Law
Greaser
Prop
Stick
Yoke
Friendly
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Apologies for the blatant marketing but I put some RAFAT / RAF-speak in the back of this book. My favourites are:
Pick'n'mix
Sucker's Gap
Up tits on sticks
Cuckooed and
Griggo
Richard.
Pick'n'mix
Sucker's Gap
Up tits on sticks
Cuckooed and
Griggo
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Is it Slang you are looking for or Jargon ?
Many of the words / phrases in your list are not slang.
Vernacular phrases? Vernacular meaning a language or dialect?
The top tip as suggested is to buy "Jack Speak"... a great book
Many of the words / phrases in your list are not slang.
Vernacular phrases? Vernacular meaning a language or dialect?
The top tip as suggested is to buy "Jack Speak"... a great book
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"My heart is bleeding purple piss" - you don't hear that too often in civvie street!
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scrub
stack
shagged
dog how
large charge
money order
prang
roller
martin baker let down
punch out
bang out
punch
sarni
nutty
blow job
lumpy jumper
Milt, how about you sorting the lists alphabetically? Then ask for explanations.
stack
shagged
dog how
large charge
money order
prang
roller
martin baker let down
punch out
bang out
punch
sarni
nutty
blow job
lumpy jumper
Milt, how about you sorting the lists alphabetically? Then ask for explanations.
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If you were a spy..........
wanting to infiltrate a particular nation's military at a certain level, what part of the language would you need to be proficient at? Certainly a field grade officer would be fully proficient with jargon and would NEVER use it incorrectly without being noticed.
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Damian, and a yard of pump water.
Spadhampton, but of course the spy would need to use the jargon in the correct order.
"Well I went into the bundoo and ordered a half-yard of bump water before slaking my thirst with a quick wazz."
Spadhampton, but of course the spy would need to use the jargon in the correct order.
"Well I went into the bundoo and ordered a half-yard of bump water before slaking my thirst with a quick wazz."