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Post by okla on Jul 20, 2011 7:20:39 GMT 8
Hey Phantom...Your latest tidbit reminded me of this one as pertains to Winston Churchill. It went something like this....Mister Churchill, in a confrontation with a woman of a differing political view, remarked that he thought she was ugly. Said woman remarked that she thought Mister Churchill was drunk. He, as only he could do, said something to the effect, "that may be true, my good woman, but come morning I will be sober, but you will still be ugly". Ain't that priceless?
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Post by The Phantom on Jul 26, 2011 5:38:58 GMT 8
I had heard that one also Okla, too funny.
Churchill didn't suffer fools at all.
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Post by The Phantom on Aug 10, 2011 4:15:20 GMT 8
Army slang from World War II with translation..............
Armored cow--canned milk
Army banjo--shovel
A bearded lady--a search light that defuses
Battery acid--coffee
Belly robber--mess sergeant
Black Wednesday--calisthenics with rifles
Blanket drill--sleep
Blister-foot--infantryman
Bog pocket--tightwad
Boodle--candy,cake, ice cream
Bootleg--coffee
Bowlegs--cavalrymen
Brass hats--staff officers
Brass pounder--radio telegrapher
Bubble dancing--dish washing
A buddy--anybody, anywhere, who will loan you anything
Bugs--any solids found in soup
Bull pen--military prison yard
Butt--cigarette
Button chopper--laundry
Buzzard meat--chicken or turkey
Camel corps--infantry, (also gravel crushers)
Cans--headphone
Carp--to complain
Cat beer--milk
Cheese toaster--bayonet, (also known as pig sticker, cat stabber, toad sticker,and toothpick)
Chest hardware--medals
Chicago atomizer--automatic rifle
Chile bowl--regulation haircut
China clipper--dishwasher
Chinese landing--one wing low
Chow hounds--men always at the head or mess lines
CITS--civilian clothes
The Clara--the all clear air-raid signal, RAF
Slipping the clutch--criticizing
More later..........................
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Post by okla on Aug 10, 2011 9:11:57 GMT 8
Hey Phantom...These are great. I hadn't thought or heard the words "China Clipper" in decades. Been there, done that such a long time ago....Let me toss one more tidbit out there. The GI, when describing his entrenched position, "the Hell this isn't the most important hole (foxhole) in the world. I'm in it" as the Kraut 88s roared over his head.
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Post by The Phantom on Aug 11, 2011 2:09:39 GMT 8
Good one okla....................
More ................
Company stooge--company clerk
The Corpse--affectionate name for corps.
Cousin--close friend
Crash tag--identification bracelet
Cream on a shingle--creamed beef on toast
Croot--recruit
Crow--chicken
Crumb hunt--kitchen inspection
Deck monkeys--deck crew of an army mine planter
Devil's piano--machine gun
Diddie bag--soldiers valuables
Dihedra oil--imaginary substance that recruits are sent to procure
( In my old profession we sent the newbies for "shelf stretchers" in the "basement" when we needed a longer shelf for a store set. No such thing, and no basements in our buildings, but most were gone for some time looking...........) Such fun............
Ding how-- everything OK
Dis--discipline
Dit da artist--radio operator
Dodo--air cadet before he made a solo flight
Dog face--enlisted man
Dog fat--butter
Dog robber--orderly
Dog show--foot inspection
Dopes off--acts stupid
Dough puncher--army baker
Draped--intoxicated
Drive it in the hanger--stop talking
Drive up--come here
Duff--any sweet edible
Egg in your beer--to much of a good thing
Elephant--cadet talking dancing lessons
Embalmed meat--canned meat
First grader--staff sergeant
First man--first sergeant
Flash gun--machine gun used for training
Flea bag--your mattress
Flying boxcar--a bomber
French leave--unauthorized leave
Funeral glide--place out of control
G-2--inquisitiveness
Galvanized gelding--tank
Gas-house--beer joint
Gas house gang--chemical warfare instructors
Gasoline cowboys--members of the armored forces
Geese--bombers in formation
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Post by okla on Aug 11, 2011 3:51:17 GMT 8
Hey Phantom...."cream on a shingle". Come on, that ain't the way I heard it. I am sure you get my drift. Cheers. Postscript...I have also heard the First Sergeant described as the "First Shirt".
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Post by The Phantom on Aug 13, 2011 4:11:56 GMT 8
Here are the rest of the translations from the "services speak" to English.
Gold fish--canned salmon
Good til the last drop--parachute jumper
Grass--salad or vegetables
Grease--butter
Hard rolled--packaged cigarettes
Hash-burner--cook
Hay burner--horse or mule
Homing device--a pass or furlough
Irish grapes--potatoes
Iron horses--tanks
Iron ponies--motorcycles
Juice jerk-er--electrician
Kip--bed
Landing gear--legs
A latrine rumor--unsubstantiated tale
Let her eat--drive full speed
Limp line--men reporting at sick call
Pass Lot's Wife--salt
Low on amps and voltage--lacking ambition and ideas
Maggie's drawers--red flag on rifle range to indicate a miss
Marfak--butter
Meat wagon--ambulance
Mice--small balls of lint on the floor
The mona--moaning of an air raid siren
Monkey clothes--full dress uniform
Mother McCrea--a sob story
Motorized foot locker--Bantam car
Motorized freckles--insects
North Dakota rice--hot cereal
All packed up--dead
A panhandler--orderly
Parted his teeth--scored a bulls-eye
Pearl diver--kitchen police
Pick up your brass--get out of the way
Pillow pigeons--bed bugs
Pineapple--hand grenade
Pocket lettuce--currency
Poop sheet--drill schedule or any written announcement
Popeye--spinach
Punk--bread
Rain room--bathhouse
Red leg--artilleryman
Regimental monkey--the drum major
Riding the sick boot--feigning illness
Roll up your flaps--stop talking
Salva--butter
Sand and specks--salt and pepper
Sawbone--doctor
Seagull--chicken
Serum--intoxicating beverage
Sewer trout--whitefish
Shack man--married man
Shivering Liz--Jell-o again
Short circuit between the ears--a mental lapse
Show tent--motion picture theater
Pass the shrapnel--grape nuts
Shutters--sleeping pills
Sidearms--cream and sugar
Skirt patrol--search for feminine companionship
Slapjacks--pancakes
Slum--stew
Slum burner--cook
Slum gullion--hash
Snore sack--sleeping bag
S.O.S.--same old stew
Sow belly--bacon
Stag--sentry duty
A spiggoty--a native of the banana countries--"me no spiggoty eengleesh"
Spin it--retire
Starts to spoil--intoxicated
A submarine--bedpan
A sugar report--letter from a girlfriend
Swanks--a solders best cloths
To sweat--to expect
Tailor made's--factory-made cigarettes
Taxi up--come here
Tiger meat--beef
Tough row of buttons to shine--hard job
Uncle Sam's party--payday
Walking dandruff--cooties (also know as seam squirrels)
Wing heavy--inebriated
Dat's all folks............
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Post by okla on Aug 13, 2011 5:54:59 GMT 8
Hey Phantom....Now, we all know what the true meaning of S.O.S is, don't we? I looked in vain, but did not find "c...tch crickets", alias cooties or crabs. Methinks, you can decipher my crude cryptography. Many of these little sayings bring back the memories, mostly good. Thanks for posting. Cheers.
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Post by The Phantom on Aug 13, 2011 6:20:10 GMT 8
You're welcome okla. I get you're drift also......
Wonder how many of these expressions are still out there in use or what the new ones are?
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Post by okla on Aug 13, 2011 20:52:41 GMT 8
Hey Phantom....GIs will always be coming up with new slang. Their nimble little minds are continually working overtime, but the old "standards" will persevere forever, methinks
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