9/12/2023 0 Comments Military lingo dictionary![]() In civilian use, MIA often refers to a person dropping out of an activity. This acronym stands for “missing in action.” If you disappear from a battle in a war, you are MIA. When you fly under the radar you want to be invisible - unseen, undetected. This way they will not detect you on their radar screens.Īnd that is how we use this expression in everyday conversation. If you are pilot of a spy plane, you want to fly under the enemy’s radar. In other words, I am actively looking for one.īut let’s leave the ukulele and go back to war. Then, someone asks me if I have joined a ukulele group yet. When something is on your radar you are thinking about it or considering it.įor example, let’s say I have moved to a new city. The opposite of that is to be on someone's radar. When a friend asks if I’ve been playing, I can say, “Playing the ukulele has kind of fallen off my radar. To fall off the radar means to disappear.įor example, let’s say I am too busy to play the ukulele. We use "radar" in a couple useful expressions. This war term first came into use in 1941. Radar, for example, is short for “ RAdio Detecting and Ranging.” Radar is a device that sends out radio waves for finding the position and speed of a moving object such as a spy plane. Some other military acronyms have crossed over into civilian language. An acronym is a word formed from the first letters of each word in a phrase.įor example, the acronym NATO stands for “North Atlantic Treaty Organization.” But now people just call it “NATO.” People in the military like to use acronyms. The opposite of a veteran is a novice or a beginner. Ī veteran is someone who has a lot of experience in a particular activity, skill or job. However, “veteran” also describes civilians. The name changed to Veterans Day in 1954.Ī Veteran’s Day kind of veteran is a current or former member of the armed services. Americans originally called this holiday Armistice Day. On that day in 1918, all sides in World War I stopped fighting. In the United States, Veterans Day is a national holiday held on November 11. Today, we talk about some words that began life in the military. On this show, we explore the origin and uses of common expressions in American English. Turbo: Used to amplify ‘Hoofing i.Now the VOA Learning English program Words and Their Stories.Threaders: Not happy again can be used with Turbo ie turbo threaders, really hacked off.Sippers: To share a drink give us sippers mucker.Redders/red pigs: Really hot I am Harry red pigs. ![]() Queens: Same meaning as eyebrows cannot be disrespected and if questioned with ‘eyebrows’ or ‘queens’ the truth must be told.Proffers: A long term loan of an item using dubious methods (not from an individual but from the stores etc).Pongo: Someone from the Army where the Army goes, the pong goes.Minging: Very drunk, can also be used to describe someone who is horrible he/she is a minger.Honking: Dirty, horrible can be used to describe a person or item.Gopping: Disgusting that person was turbo gopping.Goffer: This has three meanings cold drink, big wave or to hit someone.Gen dit to: Say this really is true gen dit, I heard that…normally followed in response by eyebrows?.Foofoo powder: Being Welsh this will come as a shock!! It means foot powder!!.Eyebrows: To confirm the genuine dit if it is proved wrong the instigator of the ‘gen dit’ loses his eyebrows.Drip: To moan about something or someone.Dhobi: To wash yourself or your clothes.Common dog: Common sense again can be amplified using F*ck – use your common dog f*ck.Chad: Really rubbish you’re dress sense is chad.Bite: To get someone on a bite to kid somebody.Beasting: Give someone a hard time physically thrash someone.I have so many great memories, although some less memorable ones on the last day – especially the last hour on summit day!!Īs promised here is the bootneck slang dictionary for you to try out on your family, friends and work colleagues: Thank you for all helping make Kilimanjaro a remarkable and memorable experience. Mark is a member of the 65 Degrees North team which successfully summited Kilimanjaro in Feb 2016.
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