7,000-mile screwdriver n.— «Senior military officers referred to it as “the 7,000-mile screwdriver.” That was their way of describing Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld’s penchant for micromanaging aspects of the Iraq War...
gagglefuck n.— «The fact of the matter is, America’s misadventure in Iraq is over, a misadventure handed to us by neo-conservatives [read Jewish Zionists], it’s become a complete gagglef*ck as they say in the cavalry and it is...
IED petting zoo n.— «A special training ground has been set up at Fort Drum where soldiers headed for Iraq and Afghanistan are being trained how to spot improvised explosive devices blamed for causing most of the casualties suffered by U...
vertical drinking n.— «Police in Preston want to call time on drinkers who stand at the bar, or as they call it “vertical drinking.” According to the Times, they believe that drinking while standing in pubs and bars is one of...
switched on adj.— «“Sgt. Turner embodied what we in 1st Sqdn., 32nd CAV refer to as being ‘switched on’,” said Lt. Col. Arthur Kandarian, commander, 1st Sqdn., 32nd CAV. “He understood why we are here, he understood why our...
descoping v.— «The 130 half-finished clinics will simply be removed from the contract—”de-scoping” is a new word one picks up quickly when looking at the hundreds of aborted projects in Iraq.» —“Iraq’s Reconstruction a...