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haji
 n.— «Patrols wearing NODs will watch our perimeter all night; they chamber cartridges as they move out. If nature calls, don’t go out far or you could be mistaken for a haji.» —“Dust and stars: An Iraq war journal” in Tallil Air Base, South-Central Iraq American Enterprise June 1, 2003. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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