Words that only exist in the Army

[MuleTheDestroyer]

I'm sure that there are a lot more of these that exist that I would love to hear. Everytime i go to a brief that involves BN staff i hear at least 2 of these come up. Here's a few that I can remember:

Irregardless
disencourage
excitingness
reconflict
reconfirm
quadpolar
Orientate means "to face toward the Orient, or East"

caveat- used incorrectly all the time. supposed to mean a. A warning or caution: "A final caveat: Most experts feel that clients get unsatisfactory results when they don't specify clearly what they want" (Savvy).
b. A qualification or explanation -- most often used in the army to precede a FRAGO
:geek: word nerd

[airborne509]

i used to tell my guys to shut their cawk holsters when i was pissed they hated that. I could call troops d.i.c.k. (dedicated infantry commy killer) and get away with it lol. theres more but i cant quite share them on this family oriented board

[saviger]

i used to tell my guys to shut their cawk holsters when i was pissed they hated that. I could call troops d.i.c.k. (dedicated infantry commy killer) and get away with it lol. theres more but i cant quite share them on this family oriented board

I thought being called a 'DICK' and your mouth being called a 'cock holster' was just apart of being in the Army.

weeellll I can see where that would be a problem in co-ed units, Thank God I never had to experience that. Our 97b (Counter Intel.) MI guys that would get attached to my team, would tell horror stories of PC and the drama women bring to the unit.

[River_Rat_459]

The word that drives me up the wall is "soonest", when used in the context of NCOERs in this manner:

promote soonest

send to Warrior Leader Course soonest

[Timmy_2_Tones]

My biggest peeve had always been and will continue to be, when someone takes a term like "thank you" and turns it into "T-Y" which in military speak is "Tango Yankee"..... How does that save time and become more efficient than just saying Thanks?

Same goes for; Oscar Mike, Whiskey Tango, Bravo Foxtrot....

The funniest I heard, was one of or NCO's (who was Vietnamese) asked one of his Privates if he was a "Funny ass clown." With the accent and inflection in the wrong spot, it was hilarious.

Sent from my awesome phonalyzer....

[Prentiss181]

When I was graduating from Army Inf bootcamp the drill instructor called us a bunch of F'n faggots - and that was on graduation day in front of the parents - There are actually rules????

[airborne509]

The word that drives me up the wall is "soonest", when used in the context of NCOERs in this manner:

promote soonest

send to Warrior Leader Course soonest

Well whoever wrote that ncoer was a retard. i wouldnt sign something like that.

[Amiable Horde]

Solderization - my favorite word on the evals i review.

Bestest. wtf? (yet another eval)

You see all type of crazy crap come through that people write. You'd be surprised and wonder how they got to where they were with those skillz. ha

[MaximusR3]

My biggest peeve had always been and will continue to be, when someone takes a term like "thank you" and turns it into "T-Y" which in military speak is "Tango Yankee"..... How does that save time and become more efficient than just saying Thanks?

Same goes for; Oscar Mike, Whiskey Tango, Bravo Foxtrot....



i agree on that one. and to be perfectly honest, it wasn't until playing MW2 that i really even heard anyone say Oscar Mike. Why not say "move out" or "lets move" or just "go" or "move"? that's how everyone i knew in the Marines said it. I actually never heard the term FNG prior to MW either lol, no one i knew ever said that so i had to think about it for a minute in the game to figure out what it meant :lol:

[Bull3tBait]

I actually never heard the term FNG prior to MW either lol, no one i knew ever said that so i had to think about it for a minute in the game to figure out what it meant :lol:

Maybe FNG is just an outdated term then. I heard my dad talking about FNGs quite a bit in my growing up Army Brat Years

Me I love the Acronyms. When we come up with new programs and they are trying to come up with names for them, it can get rather hilarious. Many good titles get shot down because of the acronyms it creates. I was shocked when they let PILSNER go thru :lol:

[ASignorelli]

I've heard "behoove" way to many times for my own good.

[USMCramirez]

BAMCIS!

[Pakman3000]

I call it the chow hall, but some guys would trip me out by calling it the DFAC(Dining Facility).

[MaximusR3]

I call it the chow hall, but some guys would trip me out by calling it the DFAC(Dining Facility).

DFAC is new on me, never heard anyone say anything other than the chow hall lol

[Bull3tBait]

I think it funny when they ask me to send them Softcopy Files but they refer to them as "Electrons"

"Hey Chele, can you send me the Electrons for the Briefing we gave yesterday?"

[Amiable Horde]

mmm.

Pickle Ticklers

Thnx Drill Sergeant.. that made my day

[TradeMarkP]

My new favorite is "tooeasy", I just heard "battle boo", and my all-time love "SWO"

[River_Rat_459]

One that bugs the crap outta me is "BLUF", which is short for Bottom Line Up Front.

[MuleTheDestroyer]

Before they changed it to ALC, ANCOC (Advanced Non-Comissioned Officers Course) for infantry got combined with mechanized scouts at the manuever center in Benning. They called it the Manuever Advanced Non-Comissioned Officers Course, or MANCOC.

[saviger]

Before they changed it to ALC, ANCOC (Advanced Non-Comissioned Officers Course) for infantry got combined with mechanized scouts at the manuever center in Benning. They called it the Manuever Advanced Non-Comissioned Officers Course, or MANCOC.

ROFL, good thing they are both all male MOSs. I can see a number of women filling EO complaints :lol: :lol: :lol:

[toby2533]

Being a Jarhead i use a lot of words used in the Corps. When my wife or kids are drving me nuts they get (get of my AO). Sh*tbird, operator head space, SNAFU, FUBAR, son your a rock, d*mn you clear the table your a freaking genius, pogey bait, head call, and many more.

[DahliaBellona]

i used to tell my guys to shut their cawk holsters when i was pissed they hated that. I could call troops d.i.c.k. (dedicated infantry commy killer) and get away with it lol. theres more but i cant quite share them on this family oriented board

I thought being called a 'DICK' and your mouth being called a 'cock holster' was just apart of being in the Army.

weeellll I can see where that would be a problem in co-ed units, Thank God I never had to experience that. Our 97b (Counter Intel.) MI guys that would get attached to my team, would tell horror stories of PC and the drama women bring to the unit.

The only time women would bring drama to the unit is when they're looking for the attention of guys in the unit....which irritated me constantly, because I kept thinking, "Can't you just get a guy's attention the NORMAL way?"

Acronyms drive me nuts, but I couldn't help but speak and have them be a part of my vocabulary; it's insane when I talk with other wives that are civilians and they have no clue what I'm talking about when I talk in Acronyms, but I have to always remember to be patient and explain what it is....like NCOER, ARCOM, AAM, SF, WLC, BSM....and what's insane is that I write with acronyms too....THANKS Army :cry:
Hopefully I don't head to school in a few weeks writing that way....my English professor would have an absolute sh*t fit!

But other words that only exist in the Army...let's see if I can think back.... :?

I honestly think you guys just about covered it :P

[CrzyChinook]

Acronyms drive me nuts, but I couldn't help but speak and have them be a part of my vocabulary; it's insane when I talk with other wives that are civilians and they have no clue what I'm talking about when I talk in Acronyms, but I have to always remember to be patient and explain what it is....like NCOER, ARCOM, AAM, SF, WLC, BSM....and what's insane is that I write with acronyms too....THANKS Army :cry:
Hopefully I don't head to school in a few weeks writing that way....my English professor would have an absolute sh*t fit!

But other words that only exist in the Army...let's see if I can think back.... :?

I honestly think you guys just about covered it :P



U think the acronyms are bad and drive u nuts...in Army Aviation we have our own set of Acronyms and jargon that most Army personal get confused when we speak..... :shock: :shock: :? :?

[justj12479]

comfortability (n.)--the level at which a soldier is either comfortable or uncomfortable ex. (taken from my drill instructor at Ft. Knox, during winter) "A soldier's comfortability is directly affected by his level of hydration, SO HYDRATE GOD DAMN IT!" :lol: :lol: :lol:

[MuleTheDestroyer]

I thought of another one: Point of Orgin, or POO, the point where indirect fires are shot from. So 3 times a day, at random times a plt from our company would go out on POO patrols to disrupt insurgents from shooting indirect at our patrol base.

[Xander-HD69]

"F--- My Life" and "F**k-O"
Here is 2 phrases that I had not heard until I was in Iraq.
They can be used in so many ways. But I feel if you really want to know how to use words and phrase in a manner in which no one else would ever use them. You really need to think back to your days in Boot Camp. I can say that when I was at Ft Benning there was many of times that I wanted to laugh at the things and the ways that Drill SGT said things.

[David_3033]

What about Bivouac and Reveille you never hear anyone in the civilian world using those. I would always hate being in the field and hearing that private yelling "Reveille" at zero dark thirty in the morning.

[squidfamily1]

What about Bivouac and Reveille you never hear anyone in the civilian world using those. I would always hate being in the field and hearing that private yelling "Reveille" at zero dark thirty in the morning.
"Reveille, reveille, drop your c@cks and grab your socks." In the Navy they're much more polite it's "Wakey, Wakey eggs and bakey"

[lawacr]

Not a word but a saying "slow is fast and fast is slow"

[MuleTheDestroyer]

Not a word but a saying "slow is fast and fast is slow"

i believe that what you're going for is "slow is smooth, smooth is fast." i think that someone in your unit has been George W.ing that up.

[squidfamily1]

Not a word but a saying "slow is fast and fast is slow"

i believe that what you're going for is "slow is smooth, smooth is fast." i think that someone in your unit has been George W.ing that up.
Ha HA George W.ing it, love that.

[lawacr]

Not a word but a saying "slow is fast and fast is slow"

i believe that what you're going for is "slow is smooth, smooth is fast." i think that someone in your unit has been George W.ing that up.
Ha HA George W.ing it, love that.
No I had it right slow is fast fast is slow not me saying it COL Mcmaster 3rd ACR ex regimental commander now BG mcmaster.

[MuleTheDestroyer]

Not a word but a saying "slow is fast and fast is slow"

i believe that what you're going for is "slow is smooth, smooth is fast." i think that someone in your unit has been George W.ing that up.
Ha HA George W.ing it, love that.
No I had it right slow is fast fast is slow not me saying it COL Mcmaster 3rd ACR ex regimental commander now BG mcmaster.

i'm not doubting that he said that. i am saying that he butchered a common phrase like President Bush telling people "fool me once, um, shame on you. Um fool me, um, you, your not gonna fool me again." :)

[MaximusR3]

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another classic Bush-ism

I have heard it said both ways too, fast is slow and fast is smooth. Fast is smooth actually makes sense though so the ones saying fast is slow just sound like fools lol. Kind of like when someone says "the whole 10 yards" and i say you mean the whole 9 yards? and they say no 10 because it's more :lol: if people would only understand what that actually meant

[MuleTheDestroyer]

Oh George, he always did give the best speaches. Teleprompters are for sissies. :lol:

As for the whole 9 yards, i always heard that was from WWII, the P-51 Mustang had 9 yards of .50 cal ammo in it when all laid out. So when they pilot laid down on the trigger and shot everything he had it was "the whole 9 yards." I hear a lot of things that aren't true though so i am not sure if that is actually where that comes from.

[MaximusR3]

Oh George, he always did give the best speaches. Teleprompters are for sissies. :lol:

As for the whole 9 yards, i always heard that was from WWII, the P-51 Mustang had 9 yards of .50 cal ammo in it when all laid out. So when they pilot laid down on the trigger and shot everything he had it was "the whole 9 yards." I hear a lot of things that aren't true though so i am not sure if that is actually where that comes from.


you are correct, that is where it comes from. So when someone says the whole 9 yards it's supposed to mean you gave it everything you got, went all out, something to that effect. So when someone says the whole 10 yards they are just sounding like idiots. It's like saying "go get me a can of WD-41" there is no such thing and adding another number doesn't make it better