Vast amounts of ammunition never goes out of style.
I just finished watching āGeneration Killā, and this is interesting, too. Although lists or collections of cool/esoteric words always make me feel like Mark Slackmeyerās dad in his younger days.
My favourite bit of slang coined by Army wags was their take on the BOWMAN comms system: āBetter Off With Map And Nokiaā.
Domain-specific slangs are funny in general. The military flavored domains shine there.
The āLash Vegasā one reminded me of āLos Arzamasā, the name of ŠŃŠ·Š°Š¼Š°Ń-16 coined by the nuclear scientists working there as a reference to Los Alamos.
From the article : āANA Afghan National ***Amy.***ā
Does anyone in print even proofread anymore, my god itās the second definition.
Kind of important since itās an article about words, acronyms, letters, etc.
you put a comma where a question mark goes, pal.
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@GilbertWham in Desert Storm, the unreliable radio used by US Marines was officially the PRC-100 or some such number, but was familliarly known as the āprick.ā
Sub-editors have been amongst the first to go under the budgetary crunch at news orgs.
Waddya mean? Sheās a delightful old lady.
Sweet! Iām writing a military scfi tail and i want to put in more slang from other armies that arenāt the US.
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