Layperson's guide to military venacular

[Kadnine]

Or, "How to talk snafu." Little linguistic humor to lighten yer burden on a Tuesday morning! Here's what I came up with...

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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 - [...]

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Colors - What civilians call "a flag"
Flag - What civilians call "The Flag"
The Flag - What civilians call "Colors"
Colors - [...].

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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 - [...]

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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 - [...]

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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]

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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 - [...]

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Calling all branches! How long can we keep this going?!

- Keith

[Kadnine]

No takers, huh? So that's how it is? Leaving me twisting? I see... That's just plain mean!

- K

[DDgunslinger]

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

[BIGC]

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

[Kadnine]

Ha!

- K

[DDgunslinger]

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

Yea but then it wouldn't have gone along with the OP's thread lmao

[LCPL_NBREW]

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

[Kadnine]

Heh.

Always liked this one ...

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That? That's the very definition of "You had to have been there, or you won't understand."

- K

[LCPL_NBREW]

^ +1

[Dave1965]

Non-judicial punishment and busting someone down to a lower rank...