compo

compo
 n.β€” Β«It is a helicopter ride away from a military hospital, food comes from 24-hour ration packs, known to soldiers as ratpacks or compo and far from fresh, and the water is almost exclusively for drinking and cooking.Β» β€”β€œβ€˜I think this is as normal as I’m ever going to get’” by Audrey Gillan Guardian (United Kingdom) Feb. 29, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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