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	glossary of military terms and slang from the vietnam war
		ALPHA: military phonetic for the letter 'A' ammo dump: location where live or expended ammunition is stored amtrack: amphibious armored vehicle used to transport troops and supplies, armed with a.30-caliber machine gun.
		The A-teams often led irregular military units which were not responsible to the Vietnamese military command.
		III Corps: the densely populated, fertile military region between Saigon and the Highlands.
	vnmilitaria.com /glossy.htm (6248 words)

	First World War.com - Feature Articles - Magical Slang: Ritual, Language and Trench Slang of the Western Front
		Among the many rhetorical and social functions of slang and jargon, that of defining and delimiting a social group by reinforcing its social, professional and often visual identity with a verbal one is broadly significant.
		The slang of combat troops distances its users from the safe, punctilious (and by implication, cowardly) rear echelons, while concomitantly reinforcing the separate identity and moral superiority of the combat units.
		Slang allowed the troops to create a ritualised discourse, fully intelligible only to the initiates, that suppressed fear by avoiding any mention by name of death, wounds, weapons, and the authorities whose orders could expose a soldier to those dangers.
	www.firstworldwar.com /features/slang.htm (5541 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Military slang
		Military organizations, like nearly all large exclusive organizations, develop slang as means of self-identification.
		Military slang is also used to reinforce the (usually friendly) interservice rivalries.
		This isn't slang per se but precision, as rifles and pistols are referred to as "small arms" or "sidearms" or simply "weapons." Gun is also slang for "penis"; recruits learn not to call their weapon a gun in the rhyme, This is my rifle/This is my gun/This one's for fighting/This one's for fun.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Military_slang (2316 words)

	Slang
		Slang is the use of highly informal words and expressions that are not considered standard in the speaker's dialect or language.
		Slang terms are frequently particular to a certain subculture, such as musicians, skateboarders, and members of a minority.
		Slang is to be distinguished from jargon, the technical vocabulary of a particular profession, as the association of informality is not present.
	www.dejavu.org /cgi-bin/get.cgi?ver=93&url=http%3A%2F%2Farticles.gourt.com%2F%3Farticle%3Dslang%26type%3Den (1196 words)

	World Wide Words: Cassell Dictionary of Slang
		But he has also left out much of our occupational jargon, the now obsolete military slang of the two World Wars, and the equally defunct or obscure public school and university slang which he feels is just as parochial.
		Slang is, as he says: “endlessly resilient, inventive and untameable...
		This is an issue especially pertinent to the compilers of works about slang, for it falls to them to record the racist epithets, the language of drug addicts and pornographers, the politically incorrect comments, and the sexually charged obscenities that are heard every day but about which so many of us are squeamish.
	www.worldwidewords.org /reviews/green.htm (609 words)

	Influences on Slang: Military and Civilian
		It is difficult to appreciate fully what is implied for the future of slang, as for American English as a whole, by the various demographic and technological changes that have reshaped America several times over since 1850 and with relentless force especially after 1900.
		Black English became a major influence on slang only after the desegregation of the armed forces (1948-52), continued migration, and the popularization of fl slang through all mass media, beginning at the height of the civil rights movement in the 1960's and continuing to the present day.
		The interesting questions of "women and slang," "men and slang," "minorities and slang," "power and slang," etc., are complicated ones, and current "answers" rest mainly on unanalyzed assumptions.
	angli02.kgw.tu-berlin.de /lexicography/data/slang04.htm (2735 words)

	Aafes life insurance
		Military slang, or informal military terms, are colloquial terms used commonly by military personnel â”often as abbreviations or derivations of the NATO Phonetic Alphabet, or otherwise incorporating aspects of formal military concepts and terms.
		Military, for the purposes of this article means armed forces (i.
		Military slang is also used to reinforce the (usually friendly) interservice rivalries.
	www.freewebs.com /maxmixer/aafes-life-insurance (234 words)

	Hungarian Military Slang — Katonai szlengszótár (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The study of the military slang was unfortunately an uncovered area of the Hungarian linguistic research till the late 1980s.
		The book can be separated into two main parts: a general study of the history of Hungarian military slang and a dictionary of the military slang from 1980 to 1990.
		The influence of the military slang on everyday language and the language of youth
	mnytud.arts.klte.hu /sorozat/katszl/summary.htm (452 words)

	Star Wars Slang (Site not responding. Last check: )
		this was a gambler's slang term for any being who worked within the corporate and political bureaucracy to exploit the knowledge that some people are too stupid for their own good.
		this is military slang for a crewman of a hovercraft.
		this was a slang term used by the natives of Haruun Kal to indicate the thick sludge that formed in the gutters along city streets in Pelek Bew.
	yodasyarns.0catch.com /slang.htm (2508 words)

	Military Resources Links Page, Vipers Vietnam Veteran Page (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Military World was created to serve all active and retired United States Military personnel and their families.
		Military World was created especially for them for all they do in protecting our country from other forces, for this we owe them a debt of gratitude and thus Military World was conceived.
		Military Connections is a registry-based site designed to help present and past military personnel and their families find each other and keep in touch.
	members.aol.com /viperash50/military/links.html (1710 words)

	Military slang
		Military slang is often used to reinforce the (usually friendly) interservice rivalries.
		Many common examples of military slang can be found in wiktionary.
		Military for the purposes of this article means armed forces and therefore includes slang which is unique to or originates with army, naval and air forces.
	www.danceage.com /biography/sdmc_Crew_dog (159 words)

	Reference Dictionaries By Subject Military (Site not responding. Last check: )
		British Military Slang - Military terms and soldier slang used historically in the British military.
		Military Architecture - Illustrated and cross-referenced dictionary of military architecture terms used in fortification and fieldworks from the Iron Age up until the eighteenth century.
		Military terms - Indexed glossary of military terms, phrases, abbreviations and slang.
	www.afterglowcosmetics.com /directory.asp?/Reference/Dictionaries/By_Subject/Military (384 words)

	Glossary of Military Terms and WWII Slang
		For instance, in the 19th century a "swab" was a mop made from condemned rope; however, it was also the sailor's slang for naval officer, from the shoulder epaulets (a mop-like braid) that marked an officer's rank.
		At that time, to call a sailor a swab was one of the highest forms of insult; it was not until the 1880s that sailors were called swabs or swabbies (men who swab the decks) in general lingo.
		Slang and terms from military in the United States, Great Britain, France, the Netherlands, Vietnam, Japan, and Germany.
	www.jodavidsmeyer.com /combat/military/glossary.html (924 words)

	military slang or terms (military slang or turms) information.
		Military terms and soldier slang used historically in the British military.
		Willie Pete - Military slang for white phosphorous WP - White Phosphorus..
		SKEDADDLE - a military slang term of the War Between the States,..
	www.translation-directory.com /m/military_slang_or_terms.html (193 words)

	Forums at the Society - WWII Slang
		Military slang is actually somewhat difficult to pin down in terms of time.
		I'll have to list some of the slang terms that show up on the thread on the list (there's been a bunch), as they're fairly interesting.
		a term (not slang) i like, sort of defines the m1 garrand army, is "unit of fire," the disposable od cotton bandolier of 10 clips of 8 rounds each.
	www.militaryhorse.org /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=5329 (925 words)

	Probert Encyclopaedia - Online Slang Dictionary (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The definition of slang varies, however the generally accepted definition is of language which is very informal or much below the standard level of education - colloquially known as 'street talk'.
		Because the term slang also encompasses vocabulary not in general use, many dialectal words may also be considered slang.
		To locate a particular slang word or phrase, either use the search facility at the top of the page or browse through the slang dictionary using the links below.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /slang.htm (113 words)

	Online Dictionary, Language Guide, Foreign Language and Etymology - AllWords.com
		This site is a comprehensive military dictionary produced and maintained by the US Department of Defense.
		This page is more slang than dictionary, meaning that words and phrases that do not appear in the DOD dictionary appear here.
		According to them, one reason the military has trouble coordinating joint operations is that the different services do not speak the same language.
	www.allwords.com /Slang_Military_Slang_Jargon.php (185 words)

	Urban Dictionary: from Vietnam-era U.S. military slang via the games Doom and Quake
		Urban Dictionary is a slang dictionary with your definitions.
		military slang for a German person, particularly males.
		Urban Dictionary is not appropriate for all audiences.
	www.urbandictionary.com /define.php?term=from+Vietnam-era+U.S.+military+slang+via+the+games+Doom+and%0D%0AQuake&page=2 (444 words)

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		In fact, I will confide to you something that I would not say in so many words find military slang the anarchists who will be coming to the room in about ten minutes.
		We shall, of course, go through a form of election; but I don't mind telling you that it find military slang practically certain what the result will be." He looked down for a moment modestly.
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		Genuine slang, on the other hand, generally eschews technical terms in favor of the renaming of objects and actions, and the invention of neologisms.
		The conviction that their lives were not valued emerges in numerous guises in the slang, including slang used for food, which was, naturally, a major preoccupation of troops who were often badly fed.
		Along with talisman and ritual, the slang of the trenches provided a stylized discourse for the initiates of the labyrinth, through which they could define themselves as initiates, and simultaneously protect themselves from the constant awareness of their horrific situation.
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	Issue of May 22, 2006 -- Page 2
		The phrase (meaning, as you infer, "a good fellow" or "fair-haired boy") was apparently quite popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
		Then again, given that the phrase first appeared in military use, "with a glass eye" could mean "having endured combat" (and having been wounded), or perhaps "glass eye" was a figure of speech for "unblinking courage" or "trustworthiness" (i.e., not "shifty").
		But our attitude toward hair is ambiguous even in our slang, so "hairy" has also been used to mean "large or impressive," "shrewd or clever" and, of course, "virile," with the corollary attributes of "brave" and "tough," perhaps even tough enough to make it through a "bad hair day."
	www.word-detective.com /052206B.html (1244 words)

	Category "Military slang and jargon" - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Category "Military slang and jargon" - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		This category uses the word "military" in its US English meaning - i.e.
		Category "Military slang and jargon", Slang and Military terminology.
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	Campaign Military English: Web Guide
		For information on the structure of different types of military briefing, these US military web pages will give you a clear and concise outline of what is required.
		It also looks at the military demands of each in terms of frequency, duration and level of effort, as well as providing recommendations to improve capability.
		Invite students to read at least two of the texts and prepare for a class discussion in which one group of students argues the case for retaining the system of embedding, and in which the other group calls for an end to the practice.
	www.campaignmilitaryenglish.com /Web/level3.htm (3747 words)

	Glossary of Military Terms & Slang from the Vietnam War A-C
		The A-teams often led irregular military units which were not responsible to the Vietnamese military command.
		a tactical and administrative military unit composed of a headquarters and one or more battalions of infantry or armor, with other supporting units.
		American assigned to Vietnamese military units or to political division within the country to help direct and train Vietnamese military and civilian officials.
	lists.village.virginia.edu /sixties/HTML_docs/Resources/Glossary/Sixties_Term_Gloss_A_C.html (1599 words)

	Dickinson College - Extra Features
		The competition consists of a sequence of military readiness tests, including a physical fitness challenge, rope bridge construction, land navigation exercise and a rucksack run, a "road march," where competitors navigate a 10-kilometer course in full camo with filled rucksacks on their backs.
		Cadets operate on minimal sleep and food during the event, Nathan Fry '06 explains, pushing their knowledge of military tasks to the limit and putting all their senses in play.
		Master Sgt. Gregory Coon, military science instructor and the team's adviser, says Dickinson, barring injury, can "do better than ever" at this year's Ranger Challenge and is fully capable of winning the title.
	www.dickinson.edu /cnExtra/detail.cfm?249 (450 words)

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