Layperson's guide to military venacular

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Layperson's guide to military venacular

Post by Kadnine » Tue Mar 05, 2013 2:50 am

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?!

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"'...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

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Re: Layperson's guide to military venacular

Post by Kadnine » Wed Mar 06, 2013 2:33 am

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

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Re: Layperson's guide to military venacular

Post by DDgunslinger » Wed Mar 06, 2013 8:04 am

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

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Re: Layperson's guide to military venacular

Post by BIGC » Wed Mar 06, 2013 8:24 am

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
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Re: Layperson's guide to military venacular

Post by Kadnine » Wed Mar 06, 2013 11:34 am

Ha!

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"'...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

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Re: Layperson's guide to military venacular

Post by DDgunslinger » Wed Mar 06, 2013 3:37 pm

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

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Re: Layperson's guide to military venacular

Post by LCPL_NBREW » Mon Mar 11, 2013 10:56 pm

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
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Re: Layperson's guide to military venacular

Post by Kadnine » Tue Mar 12, 2013 1:42 am

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."

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Re: Layperson's guide to military venacular

Post by LCPL_NBREW » Tue Mar 12, 2013 9:45 am

^ +1
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Re: Layperson's guide to military venacular

Post by Dave1965 » Tue Mar 12, 2013 10:00 am

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

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