Layperson's guide to military venacular
- Kadnine
- KAC Member
- Posts: 401
- Joined: Sun Sep 23, 2012 11:14 pm
- Location: LaGrange, KY
- Has liked: 0
- Been liked: 0
- Contact:
Layperson's guide to military venacular
Or, "How to talk snafu." Little linguistic humor to lighten yer burden on a Tuesday morning! Here's what I came up with...
******
As a Marine, or aboard a Navy/USMC installation:
Line - What civilians call "rope"
Rope - What civilians call "uniform decoration"
Decoration - What civilians call "medal"
Medal - What civilians call "job"
Job - What civilians call "work"
Work - What civilians call "war"
War - What civilians call "hell"
Hell - What civilians call "a week"
Weeker - What civilians call "near EAS"
Near EAS - What civilians call "a big chicken dinner"
Chicken dinner - What civilians call "a buffet line"
Line - [...]
******
Colors - What civilians call "a flag"
Flag - What civilians call "The Flag"
The Flag - What civilians call "Colors"
Colors - [...].
******
Stanchion - What civilians call "post"
Post -What civilians call "guard"
Guard - What civilians call "challenge"
Challenge - What civilians call "Halt!"
Halt - What civilians call "secure"
Secure - What civilians call "Bank"
Bank - What civilians call "Navy Fed"
Navy Fed - What civilians call "credit union"
Credit union - What civilians call "an institution"
Institution - What civilians call "other than 1-A"
Other than 1-A - What civilians call "Unemployed"
Unemployed - What civilians call "unmoving"
Unmoving - What civilians call "stanchion"
Stanchion - [...]
******
Intel - What civilians call "spying"
Spying - What civilians call "enemy intel"
Enemy intel - What civilians call "counter intel"
Counter intel - What civilians call "Intel"
Intel - [...]
******
Grunt - What civilians call "infantryperson"
Infrantyperson - What civilians call "infantryman"
Infantryman - What civilians call "rifleman"
Rifleman - What civilians call "rate"
Rate - What civilians call "job, war, hell" [see above]
*****
Chow - What civilians call "lunch"
Lunch - What civilians call "dinner"
Dinner - What civilians call "mid-rats"
Mid-rats - What civilians call "third shift"
Third-shift - What civilians call "reveille"
Reveille - What civilians call "breakfast"
Breakfast - What civilians call "chow"
Chow - [...]
*****
Calling all branches! How long can we keep this going?!
- Keith
******
As a Marine, or aboard a Navy/USMC installation:
Line - What civilians call "rope"
Rope - What civilians call "uniform decoration"
Decoration - What civilians call "medal"
Medal - What civilians call "job"
Job - What civilians call "work"
Work - What civilians call "war"
War - What civilians call "hell"
Hell - What civilians call "a week"
Weeker - What civilians call "near EAS"
Near EAS - What civilians call "a big chicken dinner"
Chicken dinner - What civilians call "a buffet line"
Line - [...]
******
Colors - What civilians call "a flag"
Flag - What civilians call "The Flag"
The Flag - What civilians call "Colors"
Colors - [...].
******
Stanchion - What civilians call "post"
Post -What civilians call "guard"
Guard - What civilians call "challenge"
Challenge - What civilians call "Halt!"
Halt - What civilians call "secure"
Secure - What civilians call "Bank"
Bank - What civilians call "Navy Fed"
Navy Fed - What civilians call "credit union"
Credit union - What civilians call "an institution"
Institution - What civilians call "other than 1-A"
Other than 1-A - What civilians call "Unemployed"
Unemployed - What civilians call "unmoving"
Unmoving - What civilians call "stanchion"
Stanchion - [...]
******
Intel - What civilians call "spying"
Spying - What civilians call "enemy intel"
Enemy intel - What civilians call "counter intel"
Counter intel - What civilians call "Intel"
Intel - [...]
******
Grunt - What civilians call "infantryperson"
Infrantyperson - What civilians call "infantryman"
Infantryman - What civilians call "rifleman"
Rifleman - What civilians call "rate"
Rate - What civilians call "job, war, hell" [see above]
*****
Chow - What civilians call "lunch"
Lunch - What civilians call "dinner"
Dinner - What civilians call "mid-rats"
Mid-rats - What civilians call "third shift"
Third-shift - What civilians call "reveille"
Reveille - What civilians call "breakfast"
Breakfast - What civilians call "chow"
Chow - [...]
*****
Calling all branches! How long can we keep this going?!
- Keith
~~~
"'...what it is to be a bondservant thou knowest full well, but of freedom thou hast never yet made trial, to know whether it be a sweet thing or not. For if ever thou hadst experience thereof, thou wouldest counsel us to fight for it not with spears only but with axes.' Thus the Spartans answered Hydarnes." - Herodotus
~~~
"'...what it is to be a bondservant thou knowest full well, but of freedom thou hast never yet made trial, to know whether it be a sweet thing or not. For if ever thou hadst experience thereof, thou wouldest counsel us to fight for it not with spears only but with axes.' Thus the Spartans answered Hydarnes." - Herodotus
~~~
- DDgunslinger
- Posts: 3430
- Joined: Sat Mar 03, 2012 8:10 pm
- Location: Louisville
- Has liked: 0
- Been liked: 0
- Contact:
Re: Layperson's guide to military venacular
Weapon - What civilians call a machine gun
Machine Gun - What civilians call an Assault Rifle
Assault Rifle - What civilians call the destroyer of worlds
Lol sorry I had to do it
Machine Gun - What civilians call an Assault Rifle
Assault Rifle - What civilians call the destroyer of worlds
Lol sorry I had to do it
- BIGC
- Posts: 4998
- Joined: Sat Mar 03, 2012 8:22 pm
- Location: Waiting on Sunset.........
- Has liked: 14 times
- Been liked: 3 times
Re: Layperson's guide to military venacular
DDgunslinger wrote:Weapon - What civilians call a machine gun
Machine Gun - What civilians call an Assault Rifle
Assault Rifle - What civilians call the destroyer of worlds
Lol sorry I had to do it
Just change civilians to liberals and you're spot on
1 Corinthians 13:13
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
http://stores.ebay.com/Big-Cs-Survival-Store?_rdc=1
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
http://stores.ebay.com/Big-Cs-Survival-Store?_rdc=1
- Kadnine
- KAC Member
- Posts: 401
- Joined: Sun Sep 23, 2012 11:14 pm
- Location: LaGrange, KY
- Has liked: 0
- Been liked: 0
- Contact:
Re: Layperson's guide to military venacular
Ha!
- K
- K
~~~
"'...what it is to be a bondservant thou knowest full well, but of freedom thou hast never yet made trial, to know whether it be a sweet thing or not. For if ever thou hadst experience thereof, thou wouldest counsel us to fight for it not with spears only but with axes.' Thus the Spartans answered Hydarnes." - Herodotus
~~~
"'...what it is to be a bondservant thou knowest full well, but of freedom thou hast never yet made trial, to know whether it be a sweet thing or not. For if ever thou hadst experience thereof, thou wouldest counsel us to fight for it not with spears only but with axes.' Thus the Spartans answered Hydarnes." - Herodotus
~~~
- DDgunslinger
- Posts: 3430
- Joined: Sat Mar 03, 2012 8:10 pm
- Location: Louisville
- Has liked: 0
- Been liked: 0
- Contact:
Re: Layperson's guide to military venacular
Yea but then it wouldn't have gone along with the OP's thread lmaoBIGC wrote:DDgunslinger wrote:Weapon - What civilians call a machine gun
Machine Gun - What civilians call an Assault Rifle
Assault Rifle - What civilians call the destroyer of worlds
Lol sorry I had to do it
Just change civilians to liberals and you're spot on
- LCPL_NBREW
- Posts: 131
- Joined: Sat Dec 29, 2012 9:29 pm
- Location: Camp Lejeune NC
- Has liked: 0
- Been liked: 0
Re: Layperson's guide to military venacular
POG- Person other than Grunt
Super POG-What civilians call People who work at a desk
Grunt proof-What civilians call Unbreakable
Corpsman-What civilians call Doctors
Data Dink -What civilians call IT support
Blue Falcon- What civilians call a Buddy F#@!er
Pogey Bait What civilians calls a Snacks
Bug juice-What civilians call Bug spray
Portholes- What civilians call Eye glasses
Lineout- What civilians call Getting searched
Going to the field- What civilians calls a Camping trip
Rifle combat optic (RCO)-What civilians calls a ACOG
7 tons-What civilians calls a Truck
Dagger-What civilians calls a GPS
Sliver Bullet-What civilians calls a Rectal thermometer
Bird-What civilians calls a Helicopter
BAH-What civilians calls Rent money
Super POG-What civilians call People who work at a desk
Grunt proof-What civilians call Unbreakable
Corpsman-What civilians call Doctors
Data Dink -What civilians call IT support
Blue Falcon- What civilians call a Buddy F#@!er
Pogey Bait What civilians calls a Snacks
Bug juice-What civilians call Bug spray
Portholes- What civilians call Eye glasses
Lineout- What civilians call Getting searched
Going to the field- What civilians calls a Camping trip
Rifle combat optic (RCO)-What civilians calls a ACOG
7 tons-What civilians calls a Truck
Dagger-What civilians calls a GPS
Sliver Bullet-What civilians calls a Rectal thermometer
Bird-What civilians calls a Helicopter
BAH-What civilians calls Rent money
FOR OUR SINS
- LCPL_NBREW
- Posts: 131
- Joined: Sat Dec 29, 2012 9:29 pm
- Location: Camp Lejeune NC
- Has liked: 0
- Been liked: 0