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Devious Inner circle 2120 Posts |
Jesus Nut:
On a military helicopter it's the Main rotor retaining nut. Only Jesus can help You if it comes loose. NFG: It stands for nonfunctioning gear as written On a tag, but we really know it as no, f#$%@$g good! BS Bomber: Any aircraft which dumps leaflets on the enemy Whether factual or propaganda related. Fighting Gear: Eating utensils * Feel free to include your own. |
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LobowolfXXX Inner circle La Famiglia 1196 Posts |
An old roommate of mine had been in the Navy, where he heard for the first time an expression that he (and later I) loved and eventually adopted. When someone on his ship butted into an ongoing conversation and didn't entirely know what he was talking about, or asked something that had been addressed before he got there, invariably somebody would say, "If you don't know what flavor the Kool-Aid is, why you dipping in it for?"
"Torture doesn't work" lol
Guess they forgot to tell Bill Buckley. "...as we reason and love, we are able to hope. And hope enables us to resist those things that would enslave us." |
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irossall Special user Snohomish, Washington 529 Posts |
SNAFU as usual
Iven
Give the gift of Life, Be an Organ Donor.
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Al Angello Eternal Order Collegeville, Pa. USA 11045 Posts |
"Once a jar head always a jar head"
"keel haul the land lover" No wait that's pirate talk
Al Angello The Comic Juggler/Magician
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Devious Inner circle 2120 Posts |
Delta Sierra:
Dumb sh.. Bravo Zulu: Well done Rice Krispies: Maggots feasting on dead corpse. They both sound and look like the term. |
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mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12586 Posts |
In the Navy we called the drinking water fountain a "scuttlebut." An athletic field (more often a glorified parking lot is a "grinder." And the petty officer eagle patches were called "crows."
The guys in COMINT and SIGINT, like me, were called "spooks." And, Devious, we both know what the Navy and the Marines called each other. |
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Tom Jorgenson Inner circle LOOSE ANGLES, CALIFORNIA 4451 Posts |
The venerable S.O.S.: Chipped beef on toast.
We dance an invisible dance to music they cannot hear.
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mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12586 Posts |
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On 2013-10-22 18:46, Tom Jorgenson wrote: Is that what it was supposed to be? |
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Devious Inner circle 2120 Posts |
Crunchies or Tank Lube:
Human victims of tracked vehicles BCG's: Those dreadful military issue glasses. Birth Control Glasses because you aren't Going to be makin' babies if you wear 'em! |
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mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12586 Posts |
The word "gremlin" was originally Royal Air Force slang for a mischievous creature who would sabotage aircraft and cause accidents. It got popular in the US military in WWII.
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Al Angello Eternal Order Collegeville, Pa. USA 11045 Posts |
Bob
Here's one you will remember "turn too". Which literally translated means "get up off your ass and look busy because someone important is coming" This is a signal that can be given from far away by holding two fingers up and turning them back and forth.
Al Angello The Comic Juggler/Magician
http://www.juggleral.com http://home.comcast.net/~juggleral/ "Footprints on your ceiling are almost gone" |
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mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12586 Posts |
Yep. I remember that one!
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Devious Inner circle 2120 Posts |
Hangar Queens:
Expensive aircraft seemingly always in the Hanger deck on carrier craft. AWOL: Absent without leave but really means, After Women Or Liquor |
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mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12586 Posts |
Remember BOHICA? (Bend over, here it comes again.) That was a pretty common one when I was in the service.
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Devious Inner circle 2120 Posts |
Without a full seabag:
A Serviceman perceived as intellectually deficient. We still use Bohica, Bob. |
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General_Magician Special user United States 707 Posts |
DAT: Dumb A-- Tanker, what infantry guys commonly called those with the tanker MOS. Another nick name given to those with the tanker MOS was "Tread Head."
Grunt or Eleven Bravos: everybody knows this one. These are ground pounder infantry guys with the infantry MOS. FNG: F------ New Guy. I have heard this term once or twice when I was serving though not very often. Cherry: slang term given to people who were new to deployments and what I gave to those who replaced me so that I could go home from my deployment. Pop Smoke: Can be mean several different things from responding to a far side ambush or responding to sniper fire to bound away from the direction of the sniper fire or term used by soldier to mean that they are simply getting out of dodge in a non-combat every day life kinda situation. Example: "Time for me to 'pop smoke' before the Platoon Sergent gets back"
"Never fear shadows. They simply mean there is a light shining somewhere nearby." -unknown
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Ekuth Inner circle Floating above my 1538 Posts |
MRE: Meals Readily Expectorated/Meals Rarely Edible
"All you need is in Fitzkee."
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Devious Inner circle 2120 Posts |
Self loading cargo:
Passengers aboard transport aircraft. Blob or Sandbag: Big lump on board, nonfunctional aircraft passengers. Vampire Liberty: Free time on shore for donating blood. Salad Bar: Array of service ribbons on the chest. The various colors look like a salad plate. Officer's Candy: Cake urinals of course. Irish Pennant: Loose thread on the green class a uniforms Hockey pucks or trail markers: swedish meatballs served in the naval messhall. Float: Naval cruise assignment Fried Calamari: Any sailor who meets his demise through electrocution. Note: We call Naval personnel squids pre-electrocution. Fart Sack: Sleeping bags, duh... |
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General_Magician Special user United States 707 Posts |
Murphy- the typical grunt who experiences everything that can possibly go wrong in a war time situation. Probably borrowed from the term "Murphy's Law." Service members I knew would joke that Murphy was a grunt.
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MRE: Meals Readily Expectorated/Meals Rarely Edible They got better with the MRE's when I was in. Not exactly the most healthy meals with all the fat and calories though. Ohh here is another one: "The Good Idea Fairy" : Somebody who think he has good ideas and wants to change everything or 'fix' problems that never existed or never needed fixing in the first place and those "good ideas" turn out to cause more problems and create more problems.
"Never fear shadows. They simply mean there is a light shining somewhere nearby." -unknown
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Tom Jorgenson Inner circle LOOSE ANGLES, CALIFORNIA 4451 Posts |
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On 2013-10-22 18:53, mastermindreader wrote: It stood for "Sh** on a Shingle" I think that was Korean War era, I heard it many times from my stepfather talking about the mess hall and the food.
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