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Ex. Military Lingo – Boonies = The Jungle in Military Speak
A Soldier Relaxing in
The Boonies- a.k.a. the Jungle
All Era Military Lingo, Jargon or Slang
snafu: situation normal all f&*^%$# up

Current Rating 8.3 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Duct Diver: One who inspects jet engines for foreign objects

Current Rating 8.2 Email This Jargon to a Friend

BROKE DICK: SOME ONE THATS INJURED OR SICK

Current Rating 8.16 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Cannon Cockers: Artillerymen

Current Rating 8.14 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Green: New recruit or untrained

Current Rating 8.11 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Hooch: Living quarters

Current Rating 8.11 Email This Jargon to a Friend

SOL: SH** Outta Luck

Current Rating 8.08 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Zap: To kill Charlie

Current Rating 8.08 Email This Jargon to a Friend

BDUs: Battle Dress Uniform - aka Fatigues or Camos

Current Rating 8.07 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Scrounge: to get what was needed, thus bypassing official sources

Current Rating 8.07 Email This Jargon to a Friend

squared away: you have it all together ( uniforms and equipt)

Current Rating 8.07 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Cherry: First time in combat

Current Rating 8.06 Email This Jargon to a Friend

ZIPPER HEAD: VIET CONG,ENEMY,CONG!!!!!!!

Current Rating 8.06 Email This Jargon to a Friend

SSDD: same sh** different day

Current Rating 8.05 Email This Jargon to a Friend

numb nuts: stupid

Current Rating 8.04 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Di di mow: Hurry up

Current Rating 8.03 Email This Jargon to a Friend

F*#kin A: slang for any response, good or bad

Current Rating 8.0 Email This Jargon to a Friend

As You Were: Get back to doing whatever it was you were doing.

Current Rating 8.0 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Back in the world: Home

Current Rating 8.0 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Dee Dee: Hurry out of your location

Current Rating 8.0 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Dinki Dau: Crazy

Current Rating 8.0 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Dinque Dau (Dinky Dow): Crazy

Current Rating 8.0 Email This Jargon to a Friend

ETS: Expiration Term of Service

Current Rating 8.0 Email This Jargon to a Friend

mpc: military payment certificate.script

Current Rating 8.0 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Tunnel Rat : Going down in holes in the ground in Vietnam to search

Current Rating 7.98 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Dinky Dou (Dow): Crazy.

Current Rating 7.95 Email This Jargon to a Friend

SEABEE: combat engineer for the navy

Current Rating 7.95 Email This Jargon to a Friend

boocoodinkydoh: really crazy,nuts or pot smoker

Current Rating 7.93 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Holiday Routine: Holiday for some, Routine for the rest of us// light holiday hours

Current Rating 7.88 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Number 10: Bad

Current Rating 7.88 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Puff the magic dragon: the Douglas AC-47 Spooky gunship, an American military plane used during the Vietnam War

Current Rating 7.87 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Sin Loui - spelling not correct: sorry bout that (Vietnam)

Current Rating 7.87 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Dog Tags: Military id tags.

Current Rating 7.85 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Bandit: Enemy aircraft.

Current Rating 7.83 Email This Jargon to a Friend

most ricki tic: very fast

Current Rating 7.83 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Brass : Officers

Current Rating 7.81 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Hollywood Shower: A shower taken onboard a Navy ship where the water was left continously running during the shower...A big no no.

Current Rating 7.81 Email This Jargon to a Friend

DELTA MIKE FOX: DUMB MOTHER F**KER

Current Rating 7.8 Email This Jargon to a Friend

FOAD: F--K OFF AND DIE

Current Rating 7.8 Email This Jargon to a Friend

hashmarks on his skivvies: brownish stains on his underpants

Current Rating 7.8 Email This Jargon to a Friend

ATTITUDE AJUSTMENT: TO CHANGE THE MIND OF SOMEBODY NOT WITH THE PROGRAM OF THE MILITARY

Current Rating 7.79 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Back in the World: Anytime stationed overseas the U.S.A. is the "World"

Current Rating 7.79 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Latrine: The toliets/bath facilities

Current Rating 7.79 Email This Jargon to a Friend

screwed the pooch: mess up real bad

Current Rating 7.79 Email This Jargon to a Friend

AMF: Sign off, "Adios mother f@&ker."

Current Rating 7.78 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Barracks Party: Everyone in the barracks cleaning it before a big inspection. Dont forget your kegger of wax and a 6 pack of cleanser.

Current Rating 7.78 Email This Jargon to a Friend

In the bush: on patrol off the base in enemy country

Current Rating 7.78 Email This Jargon to a Friend

STRAC: Squarred away, together, ready to rock and roll

Current Rating 7.78 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Di di mau: Vietnamese for "go go fast" meaning to get the hell out of the area.

Current Rating 7.77 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Butter Bar: Army 2nd Lt.

Current Rating 7.75 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Honeyco: A term of endearment for a sidewalk sweetheart in the Philippines.

Current Rating 7.75 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Cattle Car: Trailer used to transport troops (usually in Basic Training).

Current Rating 7.73 Email This Jargon to a Friend

bubble chaser: aircraft hydraulic tech

Current Rating 7.71 Email This Jargon to a Friend

90 day Wonder: 2nd Lt., Officers Training School Graduate

Current Rating 7.7 Email This Jargon to a Friend

BFD: Big F---ing Deal

Current Rating 7.7 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Bubblehead: Submariner

Current Rating 7.7 Email This Jargon to a Friend

U.S.M.C.: Uncle Sam's Misguided Children

Current Rating 7.7 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Snake and Nape: Close Air Support , 250lb.High explosives bombs followed by Napalm

Current Rating 7.69 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Civys: civilian clothing

Current Rating 7.68 Email This Jargon to a Friend

BDU Insert: A Worthless Troop

Current Rating 7.67 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Deck: Floor

Current Rating 7.67 Email This Jargon to a Friend

SOS: Shit On Shingle hamburger meat sauce on toast

Current Rating 7.67 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Down range: Any forward-deployed area of operations

Current Rating 7.66 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Ate the F up: A soldier who can't get anything right.

Current Rating 7.65 Email This Jargon to a Friend

HazMat: Hazardous Material

Current Rating 7.65 Email This Jargon to a Friend

30 Day Wonder: Any Reserve Officer

Current Rating 7.64 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Asshole and Elbows: To work very hard, as in, all I want to see is assholes and elbows.

Current Rating 7.64 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Deuce and a half: Two and a half ton capacity truck

Current Rating 7.64 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Good Enough For Government Work : When a task was completed close to standard

Current Rating 7.64 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Jar Head: Marine

Current Rating 7.64 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Freedom Bird: The airplane that took you home from Viet Nam

Current Rating 7.63 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Sick-bay Commando: Marines who are usually found either in the sick-bay or the Battalion Aids Station

Current Rating 7.63 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Ghost Turd: A ball of fuzz, dust, etc., found under your bunk in the barracks if you haven't swept in a few days

Current Rating 7.62 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Boonie(s): jungle

Current Rating 7.61 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Coffin Nails: Marlboro Cigarettes

Current Rating 7.61 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Chow: What they jokenly referred as food

Current Rating 7.6 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Donkey Dick: Nozzle for Jerry Can / Fuel Can

Current Rating 7.6 Email This Jargon to a Friend

BCG: Birth Control Glasses (military issue)

Current Rating 7.59 Email This Jargon to a Friend

AFU: All F****d Up

Current Rating 7.58 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Bought the farm.: Got killed.

Current Rating 7.57 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Forward Observer: One who calls artillery fire for an infantry platoon

Current Rating 7.57 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Skipper: The Commanding Officer of a Navy ship.

Current Rating 7.57 Email This Jargon to a Friend

eating cheese: kissing a$$

Current Rating 7.57 Email This Jargon to a Friend

OLD MAN: Squardon or Base Commander

Current Rating 7.56 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Honcho: The one in charge

Current Rating 7.56 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Horse cock: Lunch meat sandwich

Current Rating 7.56 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Lifer: Anyone who has re-enlisted in the Military

Current Rating 7.56 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Lifer-juice: Coffee

Current Rating 7.56 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Ate-up: A soldier who's uniform looks bad or soldier who doesn't know his/her job

Current Rating 7.54 Email This Jargon to a Friend

BB stacker: Aviation Ordnanceman

Current Rating 7.54 Email This Jargon to a Friend

2 diget midget: Has less than 100 days left before enlistment is up.

Current Rating 7.53 Email This Jargon to a Friend

SOP: Standard Operating Procedure

Current Rating 7.53 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Short Timer: Less than 90 days before discharge or separation

Current Rating 7.53 Email This Jargon to a Friend

FUBAR: F*&*ed up beyond all recognition.

Current Rating 7.51 Email This Jargon to a Friend

# 10: no good

Current Rating 7.5 Email This Jargon to a Friend

11 Bang Bang: Army Infantry (Grunt)

Current Rating 7.5 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Cherry: Soldier fresh out of basic.

Current Rating 7.5 Email This Jargon to a Friend

HALO: High Altitude Low Opening

Current Rating 7.5 Email This Jargon to a Friend

Herky: C-130

Current Rating 7.5 Email This Jargon to a Friend

SNAFU: Situation Normal All F#$ked Up

Current Rating 7.5 Email This Jargon to a Friend

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