Vocabulary and Slang

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 5:18 am

Lima Charlie - U.S. Military phonetic for "Loud and Clear"

zepboy · Post by **zepboy** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 5:43 am

Willco - old radio speak for "Will comply"

Big Blue Owl · Post by **Big Blue Owl** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 6:51 am

Manifold

A guy with female naughty bits.

YYZ30 · Post by **YYZ30** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 7:48 am

Shim - see above

Xanadu · Post by **Xanadu** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:22 am

This one's for Soup:

FUBAR: Used in WW2 by allied troops who could not pronounce the german word "furchtbar"...basically it means fucked beyond repair. Like when their bombers got back and were shot up landing without landing gear...etc.

That happened when some dude in a B-17 was stuck in the belly turret

There is even a movie about that.

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:45 am

"Bag Nasty:" "A" rations (bagged or boxed meal) issued to Marines
and sailors (usually recruits or in the field) that usually contains: a
stale sandwich (ham, turkey, bologna or "mystery meat" are common),
a hard boiled egg, fruit, and a small bag of potato chips; often served with
a beverage, such as "bug juice" or milk.

"Dude, that's a bag nasty pile of bravo sierra."

Bravo Sierra: B.S. or Bullshit

ElfDude · Post by **ElfDude** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:59 am

Barbara Streisand - bravo sierra

YYZ30 · Post by **YYZ30** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 10:12 am

FUBAR makes a lot of appearances in the repair log in the lanes- I was taught it meant f**ked up beyond all recognition.

So the logic follows:

Bravo Sierra = B.S.
Bravo Sierra also = Barbra Streisand

So therefore

Babs = B.S.

zepboy · Post by **zepboy** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 2:18 pm

SNAFU

Situation normal all f*&^#$d up!

YYZ30 · Post by **YYZ30** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 6:01 pm

"Go home with Miss America- wake up with Chewbacca."

My expression for the less than wise choices my bar crawl friends used to make womanwise.

zepboy · Post by **zepboy** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 6:23 pm

Coyote girl . . . the one you wake up next to, and you'd rather chew your arm off to get away rather than wake her up!

Walkinghairball · Post by **Walkinghairball** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 6:53 pm

B.O.H.I.C.A

Bend over, here it comes again.

ElfDude · Post by **ElfDude** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 7:03 pm

ID10T - pronounced "ID ten T" - is a code frequently used by a customer service representative (CSR) to annotate their notes and identify the source of a problem as the person who is reporting the problem rather than the system being blamed. This is a thinly veiled reference to the CSR's opinion that the person reporting the problem is an IDIOT. Example: Problem reported caused by ID10T, no resolution possible.

zepboy · Post by **zepboy** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 7:09 pm

SBD . . . Silent But Deadly. I think we all know what that is! lol

YYZ30 · Post by **YYZ30** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 7:50 pm

ElfDude wrote:ID10T - pronounced "ID ten T" - is a code frequently used by a customer service representative (CSR) to annotate their notes and identify the source of a problem as the person who is reporting the problem rather than the system being blamed. This is a thinly veiled reference to the CSR's opinion that the person reporting the problem is an IDIOT. Example: Problem reported caused by ID10T, no resolution possible.

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