tea money n.— «While Vietnam operates in a very centralized, federalist system, with little variance in local laws, a much greater variance exists in the application and enforcement of national laws. “Tea money,” common parlance for bribes, is a...
Fayettenam n.— «The city is working to shed its reputation as “Fayettenam.” Fayetteville has changed since the Vietnam era, when soldiers packed downtown streets lined with topless bars and strip clubs. A new city hall and police station have...
unass
v.— «Move it. Move it. Move it! Unass my chow line.» —“Re: Vietnam F.A.Q.” by “Redleg” (jgriffin@qadas.com) Usenet: alt.war.vietnam Dec. 16, 1999. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
unass v. to dismount or disembark (a vehicle); to get off of (something); to unseat (someone); to leave (somewhere). Editorial Note: This term dates back to at least the 1960s and the Vietnam War. It is especially associated with the military, from...
Dover test n.— «Since Vietnam, you may or may not have heard about the “Dover test,” which a military official coined as the threshold for what Americans could take as acceptable losses to the country, to people, and to the psyche in times of war...