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MILITARY LINGO
Do you remember all of the slang, jargon & lingo that was used in the Military? How often would you get a good laugh out of those words! Check out the full Collection today and share yours!
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G.I. Shower:
To grab an unbathed & stinking comrade and wash him down in the shower, using floor brooms and laundry soap
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Requisition:
To steal, USAF Air Cargo Term
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CYCLO:
Three-wheeled Motorcycle taxicabs used in Saigon.
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P.R.I.D.E.:
USAF term, Military Airlift Command--"Personal Responsibility In Daily Effort."
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Asswipe:
toilet paper
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dinky dow:
word used in vietnam to describe someone was crazy
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Coffin Nails:
Marlboro Cigarettes
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The Flying Cigar:
US Flyer's term for the Mitsubishi G4M & G6M twin-engined bombers (Japanese)
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back to the world:
going back to the states
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freedom bird:
plane flying gis back to the states
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Rolling Zippos:
US Sherman Tanks, from the way they exploded and burned out quickly if received a direct hit
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The Trots:
Diaorreah, loose bowels
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Caufard:
"Loud Fart," a super-brave & courageous soldier who feared nothing and no one (Term picked up by GI's from French Foreign Legion in North Africa)
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Gooms or Goums:
Algerian Infantry Units, real bad guys around women
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Cumshaw:
Money, specifically liberty money (come ashore).
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