meat tag
n.— «A meat tag is basically your dog-tag information (name, Social Security number, blood type, and religion) tattooed on your side, usually under your armpit. Soldiers get the meat-tag tattoo so that when and IED blows them into a million fucking pieces, there’s a better chance for the carcass to be identified.» —by Colby Buzzell My War: Killing Time in Iraq Oct., 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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