T-patcher n.— «With lethal German 88mm artillery shells raining down, Panzer tanks attacked the 36th’s flanks. The T-patchers, as they were called (their insignia was a “T” on an arrowhead patch), literally engaged in “hand-to-tank”...
Bambi Bucket n.— Note: Appears to be a trade name. «Inter-Island employees…helped firefighters attach to the chopper a 144-gallon Bambi Bucket, which hangs suspended from the aircraft after it lifts off.…D’Attilio hovered over...
oops paint n.— «I went to Home Depot and found a rack of oops paint. Mixed but never bought. I think I paid less than $2 for a quart. I was going to use black but only found a very dark purple.» —“Re: Painting back of tank...
ghost soldier n.— «The course, which Fluck said is only three or four years old, prepares soldiers to be marksmen in the Stryker Brigade. A Stryker is an 8-wheeled vehicle that is smaller and more easily transported than a tank or other...
hot work n.— «The January 2006 explosion at the Bethune Point Wastewater Treatment Plant might not have happened if the city had a safety program specifying when “hot work,” using flames such as welding or torch cutting, could...
twisting n.— «Chee, who prefers his mouth rather than a helium tank to blow up balloons the past 14 years, said he never saw “twisting,” as the medium is called, as his livelihood.» —“Scottsdale artist blows away audiences with...