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Current GI idioms and phrases in the FOB and Fobbit-era
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November 20, 2006, 07:03:48 AM »
This guy is collecting GI expressions.
http://austinbay.net/blog/?p=1534
Found via Blackfive.net
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Re: Current GI idioms and phrases in the FOB and Fobbit-era
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November 20, 2006, 07:14:40 AM »
FOB? Fobbit?
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Re: Current GI idioms and phrases in the FOB and Fobbit-era
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November 20, 2006, 07:32:04 AM »
FOB = Forward Operating Base, i.e. a secure base of operations
Fobbit = somebody that never goes outside the wire.
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November 20, 2006, 10:27:51 AM »
FUBAR - "fouled" up beyond all repair
SNAFU - Situation normal, all "fouled" up
Then there's one I just saw yesterday that brought back fond memories
SOS "poop" on a shingle - (Creamed chipped beef on toast) In this resturant I was at they called it "The General MacArthur"
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November 20, 2006, 10:30:13 AM »
I like SOS.
My brother in law is a gourmet chef, and SOS is his favorite dish.
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November 20, 2006, 10:43:41 AM »
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FUBAR - "fouled" up beyond all repair
SNAFU - Situation normal, all "fouled" up
We could trade the old stand-bys all day long, but I think we're looking for new or obscure military slang here. No offense intended, Mr. Plus.
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November 20, 2006, 11:59:13 AM »
Sorry, I was only trying to help
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Re: Current GI idioms and phrases in the FOB and Fobbit-era
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November 20, 2006, 07:49:44 PM »
Off the top of my head:
TCN: Third-Country National
POG: Persons Other than Grunts
Pogey Bait: Food or other small items of value for trading with the above
Woobie: Poncho liner
Snivel Gear: Any extra cold weather gear you feel like bringing
MRE: Meal, Rarely Edible
Edit: Yep, they're all there.
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Re: Current GI idioms and phrases in the FOB and Fobbit-era
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November 20, 2006, 08:57:53 PM »
Hmmm, I've got some Gastro-Intestinal "expressions" for him.
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November 21, 2006, 03:08:26 AM »
Actually, the word is "pogue" and has many etymological explanations, most of them implying that the "pogue" is a homosexual. "Personnel Other than Grunt" appears to have been made up after the fact.
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November 21, 2006, 05:30:48 AM »
The Pogues are a great Irish band, too.
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November 21, 2006, 06:52:35 AM »
FNG= F'ing New Guy
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November 21, 2006, 07:29:33 AM »
F'ing old slang.
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November 21, 2006, 11:13:28 AM »
Hajji, the current enemy.
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November 21, 2006, 11:34:30 AM »
Haji is everybody over there, good, bad, or otherwise.
Local shops are 'haji stores'.
Civilians from other countries are TCNs.
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November 21, 2006, 12:03:51 PM »
P J O"Rourke said in his book "Give War a Chance" that MRE stood for meals refused by ethiopians.
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November 21, 2006, 12:06:37 PM »
I've hear 'rejected by ethiopians' a lot.
Great book, btw.
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November 21, 2006, 12:34:56 PM »
FWIW, "Hajji," although often used as a pejorative, is closer to a term of respect. It denotes a Muslim who has performed the hajj, a pilgrimage to Mecca.
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November 21, 2006, 12:38:05 PM »
That's true, but I've always assumed that the Iraqis and other Mid-Eastern Muslims out there would take it as a mocking use of one of their religious terms. But perhaps I am wrong. Does anyone know how they react to way our soldiers use the term?
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November 21, 2006, 12:43:10 PM »
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I've always assumed that the Iraqis and other Mid-Eastern Muslims out there would take it as a mocking use of one of their religious terms
They probably would, but I've never heard it used when speaking to them, only when speaking about them with other Americans.
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November 21, 2006, 12:58:06 PM »
Are you in-country, Doc?
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November 21, 2006, 01:26:10 PM »
Haji is used similar to how the Brits use 'yank'.
As a noun or an adjective.
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Are you in-country, Doc?
Not since September 2003!
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