snout house n.— «Residential developments now popping up across the city, Bliss says, often reflect the city’s lack of design control over new homes. He refers to them as “snout houses,” garages out front and living areas to...
fobbit n.— «Those of us who conduct missions “outside the wire’ on a regular basis have come up with a variety of terms to refer to those who remain safe and comfortable on base. The most common one lately has been...
phoney n.— «Phoney. Only rear of truck loaded, but to the top. [pencil] Rear of truck loaded to the top although the front is empty.» —“Mail and Newspaper Delivery Workers’ Slang and Jargon” by Individual delivery workers...
purple adj.— «Behind his desk at U.S. Strategic Command, Rear Adm. Ralph Tindal keeps a purple military hat. On the front of the hat is a patch of Velcro, where the service emblem normally would be. Tindal has Navy and Air Force emblems...
mahogany reef n.— «Brian Miller who positioned himself at the Mahogany Reef in our celebrating went to inspect the Flying Fifteens and was struck down by a mysterious force. Brian tells me that he was staring at one of the Fifteens and...
unass v.— «“I’ll take ‘un-assing the A.O.’ to mean ‘helping up the arresting officer.’”…”Get a clue. The phrase is Army slang for ‘leaving the area of operations.’”» —“Re: getting rear ended” by...