lob bomb

lob bomb
 n.— «The military refers to it as an IRAM. I think it’s “improvised rocket-assisted mortar” or something—some ridiculous term like that. But we refer to it as a “lob bomb,” because they use a truck and a ramp-type device to just drive up outside the wall of a FOB and just knock it—pretty much just throw it sloppy over the side.» —“Stop-Loss, Lob Bombs and The Lies Of Our Leaders” by TPO The Perplexed Observer (Alabama) July 14, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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