Military
Terms:
Aboard: on base; with us.
Actual: radio talk for unit commander.
Aft: The rear portion of a ship
All Hands: everyone.
Amtrack: amphibious tractor; landing craft.
Ao Dai (Viet.): formal attire worn by Vietnamese women.
As You Were!: resume what you were doing; correction.
Assholes And Elbows: in a hurry; quickly.
Ba Mui Ba ("33"): Vietnamese beer.
Bac Si (Viet.): Doctor, used for Corpsman.
Bam: Broad Ass Marine; derogatory name for Woman Marine.
Barracks Cover: garrison (frame) cap.
Battle Pin: necktie clip.
BCD: Bad Conduct Discharge.
Belay: stop; quit.
Billet: assignment or job; place of residence.
Bird: aircraft.
Blouse: n. jacket; v. tuck in, secure.
Blousing Bands: elastic bands used to secure utility trouser cuffs.
Blues: Dress Blues.
BLT: Battalion Landing Team.
Boondocks (Boonies): rugged isolated back country.
Boondockers: low-topped work boots issued to reservists.
Boot: recruit.
Boo-Coo: (Fr. beaucoup) much, many.
Brain Housing Group: your gourd, mind, brain, or head.
Brass: officers.
Brig: jail.
Brig Rat: jail inmate.
Brig Chaser: MP assigned to escort prisoners.
Brother (Dark green): black Marine (also Splib).
Brown Side-Out: desert camouflage pattern.
Bulkhead: wall.
By-The-Numbers: in sequence.
Cannon Cockers: artillerymen.
Carry On!: resume what you were doing; as you were.
Casual Company: unit of Marines awaiting reassignment.
CC: Corrective Custody; jail, the brig.
Chuck: black Marine's term for white Marine.
CG: Commanding General.
Chieu Hoi (Viet.): freedom; safe conduct pass; program whereby
VC who surrendered were assured safe conduct.
Chimp: see choda.
Chit: written authorization or receipt.
Choda: same as chimpo.
Chow: food.
Chow Hall: mess hall.
Click: one notch of adjustment on a rifle.
Cinderella Liberty: time off which ends at midnight.
CMC: Commandant of the Marine Corps
CO (Viet.): girl, woman.
Colors: n. the flag; v. ceremony of raising or lowering the flag.
Con Biet? (Viet) do you understand?
C-Rats: C rations, canned field rations.
Com Rats: commuted rations; in lieu pay for meals eaten off base.
Corpsman: Navy medic serving with Marines.
Cover: hat.
Cover Ass: take precautions to avoid blame.
The Crotch: derogatory term for Marine Corps.
Cruise: period of enlistment; tour of duty.
Deck: floor.
Deuce-And-A-Half: 2 1/2 ton truck.
Di-Di (Viet.): leave, go, move out.
Di-Di Mau (Viet.): emphatic of Di-di.
Diddy Bag: cloth, drawstring bag for small items.
Diddy Bop: swagger; affected walk.
Dink: Vietnamese.
Dinky-Dau (Viet): crazy.
Dog-And-Pony-Show: special presentation put on for visiting dignitaries.
Double Time: quickly; at a run.
Dry Fire: practice.
Dry Run: practice.
Du-Dit (Viet): fuck you!
Eighth & Eye: Headquarters Marine Corps.
Entrenching Tool (E-TOOL): small folding field shovel.
Every Swinging Dick: All hands, everyone.
Eye Fuck: scrutinize; inspect closely.
FARTSACK: mattress cover.
Field Day: general cleanup of barracks.
Field Scarf: necktie.
Field Strip: disassemble; take apart.
Fire In The Hole!: warning that explosives are about to be detonated.
First Shirt (ALSO TOP): First Sergeant.
Floay Phase: sea deployment of a Marine unit.
FMF: Fleet Marine Force.
Fore: Front or forward portion of a ship
Four-By: light truck.
Front Leaning Rest Position: pushup position ("the Position").
Galley: kitchen.
Gang Way!: stand back! move away!
Gedunk: sweets or a store that sells sweets.
Gear: equipment.
Gi Can: garbage can.
Gizmo: gadget; anything that defies discription.
Gourd: head; where you hang your cover.
Green Side-Out: woodland pattern camouflage.
Grab Ahat: leave.
Grinder: parade ground.
Guidon: pennant bearing unit designation.
Gung Ho: lit. work together; (from Chinese) highly motivated.
Gungy: gung ho.
Gunny: Gunnery Sergeant.
Grabass (Organized Grabass): play; sports, frivolous activity.
Green Machine: Marine Corps.
Ham: Hairy Assed Marine; male Marine.
Ham And Mothers: "Ham and Motherfuckers;" generally detested C-ration meal
posing as ham and lima beans.
Hatch: door.
Hard Charger: motivated Marine.
Head: toilet.
High-And-Tight: standard Marine haircut; shaved sides and short on top.
Hollywood Marine: San Diego MCRD graduate.
Hooch (Jap.): any kind of shelter, residence.
Honcho (Jap.): boss; man in charge.
House Mouse: Drill Instructor's go-fer.
Hump: to march; to carry; to be burdened with.
Huss: a favor; a break e.g., "gimme a huss;" archaic name for HU34D helicopter.
Incoming!: hostile fire being received!
Irish Pennant: string dangling from clothing indicating unkempt appearance.
ITR: Infantry Training Regiment.
Jarhead: Marine.
Jibs: teeth, esp. front incisors, e.g., "I'll bust your jibs."
Jing (also jing-wa, Jap.): change; money.
Joe Shit The Ragman: bad example, un-squared-away Marine,
boyfriend of Rosy Rottencrotch.
Junk-On-The-Bunk: complete clothing and equipment inspection
(also Things-on-the-Springs) laid out on the rack.
K-Bar: Marine-issue fighting knife.
Klick: kilometer.
Ladder (or ladderway): stairs.
Lai Day (Viet.): come here!
Leave: authorized absence of more than 24 hours.
Liberty: authorized absence of less than 24 hours.
Lock And Load: arm and ready your weapon; get ready!
Make A Hole!: stand back! gang way!
Maggie's Drawers: red disc used on the rifle range to signify missing the target.
MOS: assigned job specialty.
Mustang (Mustanger): enlisted man who becomes an officer.
NCO: Noncommissioned Officer
NCOIC: Noncommissioned Officer in Charge
Non-Qual: Marine who fails to fire a qualifying score at the rifle range.
Office Hours: summary court marshall, official inquiry or reprimand.
Office Pogue: desk-bound Marine.
Ontos: armored tracked vehicle mounting six 106 mm recoiless rifles.
Outstanding!: exceptional; well done!
Overhead: ceiling.
Over The Hill: absent without authorization.
Over The Hump: more than halfway through enlistment.
Passageway: corridor; hallway.
Piece: rifle.
Piss Cutter: envelope-shaped overseas cap.
Piss-And-Punk: bread and water punishment.
Piss Tube: field urinal; rocket launcher (bazooka) which resembles one.
Pogue: lazy individual, also office worker.
Pogey Bait: candy, sweets.
Police Call: time allocated to clean up an area.
Olice Up: clean up.
Poop (also dope, scoop): information.
Pop-Flare: hand held and launched aireal illumination flare.
Port: Left Starboard: Right
PT: Physical Training; exercise.
Quarters: living space.
Rack: bed, bunk.
Rappel: descend from cliff or helicopter by rope.
Recon (also Force Recon): Force Reconnaissance Marine.
Romp 'N' Stomp: to drill, march.
Round: bullet or artillery or mortar shell.
Rubber Lady: inflatable air mattress.
Salt: experience; an old-timer Marine.
Salty: smart-mouthed; opinionated.
Scoshi (or scosh'): small, short, a little bit.
Scuttlebutt: rumors; a drinking fountain.
Seabag: duffle bag.
Sea Duty: billited aboard a ship.
Sea Going Bellhop: derog. for Marine, from Marines assigned to the bridge
of
a vessel.
Sea Story: a lie or an exaggeration.
Sea Lawyer: self-appointed expert.
Secure: tie down or make fast; also to recycle or dispose of;
to put something in
its proper place; to desist.
Seven-Eighty-Two Gear: field equipment; canvas web gear.
Shit Bird: messy or undisciplined; a fuck up.
Shit Can: (v) to dispose of; (n) garbage can.
Short: nearing the end of a tour of duty or enlistment.
Short Round: ordnance which is landing short of the intended target.
Short Time: a very brief love affair.
Shorttimer: Marine nearing the end of an enlistment period.
Sick Bay: clinic or hospital.
Six-By (six-by-six): standard three-axle truck.
Six-Six-And-A-Kick: The ultimate General court marshall punishment consisting
of six months forfeiture of pay, six months hard labor,
and a dishonorable discharge.
Skipper: captain; commanding officer.
Skivvies: underwear.
Skivvie Honcho: a lothario; a ladies man.
Skivvi House: brothel.
Slopchute: diner; restaurant.
Smoking Lamp: authority to smoke when it is lit.
Snap In: practice, esp. on the rifle range.
Snoopin' And Poopin': reconnoitering.
Snot Locker: nose.
Sound Off!: assertively voice.
Sorry 'Bout That!: assertion of mock apology.
Spud Locker: pantry.
Squad Bay: barracks.
Squared Away: neat, orderly, organized.
Squid: (derog.) sailor.
Stack Arms!: command given to place 3 rifles in a pyramid.
Stacking Swivel: appendage near muzzle of rifle allowing stacked arms; neck.
Stand By!: prepare.
Standby: waiting status.
Starchies: starched utilities.
Stroke Book: porno magazine.
Survey: dispose of; recycle.
Swab: mop.
Swabbie: sailor.
TI TI (Viet.) (pron. tee-tee): little, small.
Top: Sergeant Major.
Topside: upstairs; on deck.
Trops: khaki tropical summer dress uniform.
Turn To: begin work.
UA: Unauthorized Absence.
UD: Undesireable Discharge.
Utilities: olive drab field uniform.
Willie Peter: white phosphorus.
The Word: confirmed official information; the straight scoop.
Zero-Dark-Thirty: pre-dawn; early.
