Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
(The term "plastique" comes from plastic explosive packaged by SOE and originally destined for France but taken to the United States instead.) Plastic explosive could be shaped and cut to perform almost any demolition task. It was also inert and required a powerful detonator to cause it to explode, and was therefore safe to transport and store.
Wiktionary:Category:Military slang by language; Meaning of SNAFU on Dictionary.com; Acronym Finder's SNAFU entry; Acronym Finder's FUBAR entry; Command Performance Episode 101 from 15 Jan 1944 includes a song about SNAFU by the Spike Jones band. Glossary of Military Terms & Slang from the Vietnam War; How the term SNAFU originated
Erroneous idea or individual e.g. "He's all Wet" [9] alley worker A woman thief who robs men in alleys [11] and how! I Strongly agree! [8] ankle To walk, e.g. "Let's ankle!" [8] anyhoo used when you want to change the topic of conversation [12] ankle excursion Walk i.e. walk home [8] apple-knocker 1. Farm laborer mostly a Fruit picker [13] 2.
This is a list of acronyms, expressions, euphemisms, jargon, military slang, and sayings in common or formerly common use in the United States Marine Corps.Many of the words or phrases have varying levels of acceptance among different units or communities, and some also have varying levels of appropriateness (usually dependent on how senior the user is in rank [clarification needed]).
SOS is a Morse code distress signal ( ), used internationally, originally established for maritime use.In formal notation SOS is written with an overscore line (SOS), to indicate that the Morse code equivalents for the individual letters of "SOS" are transmitted as an unbroken sequence of three dots / three dashes / three dots, with no spaces between the letters. [1]
Born right smack on the cusp of millennial and Gen Z years (ahem, 1996), I grew up both enjoying the wonders of a digital-free world—collecting snail shells in my pocket and scraping knees on my ...
The South is known for having their own lingo. But these six phrases are pretty unique to the Peach state. Do you know them all?
S.O.S., a 1998 album by La Bouche, and its title song; S.O.S ... "Shit On a Shingle", US military slang for chipped beef on toast; Government and military