crunchy n.— «Others in the Army call them grunts, or trigger pullers, or crunchies, for the sound of a tank rolling over a dead soldier. Sgt. Allan Toney has heard them all. “Bullet taker, bullet sponge, bullet stopper,” he...
lilywhite n. a person without a police record; someone who does not trigger suspicions; a clean-skin. Editorial Note: This is a more specific sense of the adjectival form of lily-white ‘lacking faults or imperfections; beyond reproach.’ (source:...
trigger list n.— «So Barney did some digging and found out he was on something called a trigger list. It’s a list compiled by the credit bureaus, in this case, of people applying for home loans. “The credit bureaus are sort of...
walking n.— «Tournament paintball guns are semi-automatic. Players tend to shoot using a method called “walking,” in which they push the trigger by quickly alternating between their middle and index fingers. If done properly...
clean-skin n. a person without a police record; someone who does not trigger suspicions; (hence) an unimpeachable person; a lilywhite. Editorial Note: This term is more common in Australia, where it dates to at least as early as 1941. (source:...
thunder run n.— «At night the outposts scattered along the route, consisting of a few vehicles and an infantry squad, were vulnerable to attack, so continuous patrols known as “thunder runs” were maintained. A run involved...