monster-mashing
n.— «“Forward march.” The movements are new, and Cain still has to think about what he is doing. Pretty soon, left becomes right, and instead of swinging his arms naturally—right arm, left leg, etc.—he is “monster-mashing,” the military’s term for the Frankensteinian plod that results from moving your arms in unison with your feet. There’s a word for it because millions of recruits before him have done the same.» —“Military recruiters find a receptive audience among the men and women of San Joaquin County” by Christian Burkin Reord (Stockton, California) July 29, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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