Your Jargon

[Sir_Winston54]

.... "ARSEWEEVILS!!"....

Ewww... that presents a really squickworthy mental picture...

 

[Keroin]

I can't think of anything especially clever at the moment, but cock knob is a satisfying exclamation we favor for people being idiots in traffic. It's usually reserved for that context.
"Tim" is our Larry, which is a little confusing when you know a handful of Tims who are not Tims.

Ooo, I like "Cocknob"! Lots of hard consonants; perfect for swearing.

I know I've got lots. Can't think of them right now. They'll come to me.

Only one I can think of right now is a favourite expletive - "ARSEWEEVILS!!". I last uttered it on arriving at the supermarket after a 6-mile drive in slow-moving traffic - and realising I'd left my money and cards at home.

That reminds me of the movie "Dreamcatcher". In the script and on set the alien things were actually called "ass weasels". Or was it "Shit weasels"? Hm, I think it may have been the latter.

It is another good expletive! I will often say "Poo nuggets!" when I'm angry.

 

[evesdream]

Oh too many to list.
Cock knob is good - consonants like that make for nice reliable oral catharsis.

 

[Homburg]

Oh come one, share a few! Share, share, share, share...*crowd starts chanting*

I'm trying to think of some that would not require fourteen pages worth of explanation.

"Flaming cockweasel" is a good one. it is reserved for someone who really truly does something utterly stupid. The backstory is long, and very difficult to explain, but the term is evocative enough to stand

"ARGON" (Annihilating Random Grief Outta Nowhere) - Used to describe the act of someone thoroughly fucking over someone else for no reason, and in a particularly sneaky manner. As the context is in gaming, it is not necessarily a dastardly deed.

Buddyfucker - someone who regularly indulges in ARGON

Nosebreaker - a guy what hits people, usually for money

Arm candy - someone you keep around because they look good on your arm when you go out together.

 

[ImOnIt]

Oh wow. Great minds. I remember someone using the word (neologism) 'slunt' at some point. It may have been used in the context of

'cungry slunt'.

Good to know that other people think the same ^.^

 

[C130Loadguy]

After spending the best part of my Youth on military aircraft

I incorportate quite a bit of military and aviation "jargon" into every day use. Included:


Angels
Altitude, measured in thousands of feet (“angels fifteen” means 15,000 feet above sea level). Also, a term lovingly ascribed to the rescue helicopter by any aviator who has experienced an ejection or bail out and subsequent helicopter rescue.


B — “Bravo”

“Back to the Taxpayers”
Where you send a wrecked aircraft.

Bagger
An flyer who manages to obtain more flight time than his squadron mates, usually through dubious means.



Beaded Up
Worried or excited.

Behind the Power Curve
Not keeping up with expectations. Technically, any airspeed less than that for the maximum lift-to-drag ratio, which is that portion of the power curve (a graphical plot of engine power vs. aircraft speed) at which the aircraft requires more power to go slower in steady level flight. IN A BDSM CONTEXT, USED TO INDICATE A SUB NEEDS MORE ATTENTION AND TRAINING.

Bent
Damaged or broken.

Bingo
Minimum fuel for a comfortable and safe return to base. Aircraft can fly and fight past bingo fuel in combat situations, but at considerable peril. SOMETIMES USED A "SAFEWORD" INDICATING ALL RESERVES, MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL ARE CRITICAL.


Bohica
Bend over, here it comes again.

Boondoggle
A great deal, usually obtained at the expense of others. (“Shack is a bagger. That guy went on a coast-to-coast boondoggle cross-country with the skipper, even though we’re almost out of OPTAR for this quarter.”)

Boresight
Technically, to line up the axis of a gun with its sights, but pilots use the term to describe concentrating on a small detail to the point of causing some detriment to the “big picture.” DON'T BORESIGHT...KEEP AWARENESS OF WHATS GOING ON AROUND YOU

BOREX
A dull, repetitive exercise (a busy, tense one might be a SWEATEX).

Bought the Farm
Died. Originated from the practice of the government reimbursing farmers for crops destroyed due to aviation accidents on their fields. The farmers, knowing a good thing when they see it, would inflate the value of lost crops to the point that, in effect, the mishap pilot “bought the farm.” Student pilots regularly practice emergency landings to farmer’s fields. (This one term must have a bazillion different origins judging from the amount of “corrections” I’ve received. I still like this one - ed.)


Brain Housing Group
Mock-technical term for the skull.

Bravo Zulu
Praise for a good job.

Bubbas
Fellow squadron members; anyone who flies the same aircraft as you do.


C — “Charlie”
Charlie Foxtrot
Phonetics for “cluster-f%*k”

Check Six
Visual observation of the rear quadrant, from which most air-to-air attacks can be expected. Refers to the clock system of scanning the envelope around the aircraft; 12 o’clock is straight ahead, 6 o’clock is directly astern. Also a common salutation and greeting among tactical pilots. Keep an eye on your behind, be careful.

Checking for Light Leaks
Taking a nap, referring to the eyelids

Cherubs
Altitude under 1,000 feet, measured in hundreds of feet (“cherubs two” means 200 feet).

Cold Nose
Radar turned off, also known as “Lights out,” TO BE IN A POSITION TO NOT KNOW WHAT MAY HAPPEN NEXT
.

Colorful Actions
Flathatting, showing off, or otherwise ignoring safe procedures while flying.

Combat Dump
A bowel movement before flying; also called “sending an Marine to sea”

D — “Delta”

Delta Sierra
Phonetics for “dumb shit”: describes a stupid action, and erases all previous Bravo Zulus and Sierra Hotels.

Dot
Refers to how a distant aircraft looks on the horizon, (“I’m a dot” means “I’m out of here”).

Down
Broken, not flying. A sick pilot is “down.”

Drift Factor
If you have a high one, you aren’t reliable.

Driver
Pilot.

E — “Echo”
Envelope
The maximum performance parameters of an aircraft; flying at the edge of the envelope can be both exciting and dangerous. USED AS WELL IN BDSM CONTEXT.



F — “Foxtrot”

Fangs Out
When a pilot is really hot for a dogfight.

Fangs Sunk in Floorboard
When a fighter pilot boresights on a kill but ends up getting shot himself.

FASO
Flight Physiology Training: recurrent safety training for aircrews directed at emphasizing physiological stressors, conditions, or episodes which might be encountered in flight.

Father
Slang term for shipboard TACAN station. There is a Father on most Mothers.

Feet Wet/Dry
The former means “over-water,” the latter “over-land.”

Flathatting
Unauthorized low-level flying and stunting--thrilling, sometimes fatal, usually career-ending if caught.

FM

Abbreviation for “f*cking magic”: very high-tech; used to describe how something you don’t understand actually works. The ASQ-8 1 Magnetic Anomaly System works by “FM.”


Fur ball
A confused aerial engagement with many combatants. Several aircraft in tight ACM. SIMILAR TO A CLUSTERFUCK, BUT WHEN THE OUTCOME IS STILL IN QUESTION OR WINNABLE.

G — “Golf”
Gaff Off
Ignore.

Gate
Afterburner. see also Zone

Gigahertz and Nanoseconds
Highly technical, detailed, and hard to understand (“It’s getting down to gigahertz and nanoseconds.”)

Gizmo
A piece of technical gear (also doodad, thingamabob, or hog-ha)

Go Juice
Jet fuel or coffee.

god
The authority, boss, or person with full responsibility; also descriptive of a pilot’s prowess (“He’s an ACM god”)

Goes Away
What something does when you hit it with a missile or bomb.

Gomer
Slang for a dogfight adversary, the usage stemming from the old Gomer Pyle television show.

Goo
Bad weather that makes it impossible to see; in the clouds.

Goon Up
Screw up.

Gouge
The latest inside information. Also the poop, the skinny. A summary of important information.

Green Apple
The control knob for the cockpit’s emergency oxygen supply.



Gripe
A mechanical problem on an aircraft. An “up” gripe means you can still fly, a “down” gripe means you can’t.

H — “Hotel”

Hangar Queen
An aircraft that suffers chronic “downs”; hangar queens are often pirated for spares for the squadron’s other aircraft, so when the aircraft leave the carrier at the end of the cruise, the maintenance officer normally flies the hangar queen because he knows which parts have been taken (the “queen’s” ejection seats are especially well preflighted).


Hawk Circle
The orbiting stack of aircraft waiting to land.

Head on a Swivel
Keeping an eye peeled for an ACM adversary; also called “doing the Linda Blair,” for the 360-degree head rotation in the movie The Exorcist.

High PRF
Extremely excitable (PRF is a radar term: pulse repetition frequency).

High Warble
Unduly agitated.

Hop
A mission, or flight

HOTAS
Hands On Throttle And Stick. Modern aircraft have every imaginable control function mounted on either the stick (right hand) or the throttle quadrant (left hand), so that the pilot need not fumble around in the cockpit.

HUD
Heads Up Display. A transparent screen mounted on the dashboard on which pertinent data from flight instruments and weapons systems are projected.The HUD eliminates the need to look down into the cockpit to read instruments.

Hummer
Any ingenious machine — plane, car, or weapon — whose actual name can’t be recalled. Also “puppy,’ “bad boy.”

I-INdia

Indian Night Noises
The ominous creaks, pops, and shudders of an aircraft in flight

J — “Juliet”

Jink
To maneuver violently to avoid a threat.

JO
Junior officer, usually with all the answers.

JORP
Junior Officer Rest Period. What they do best.

Jock, Driver
Pilot, as in “helo driver,” or “fighter jock.”

JP-4, JP-5
Types of jet fuel: the aroma of which makes former aviators nostalgic for flight operations. Usually seen floating on top of a cup of “go-juice.”

Judy
Radio call signaling that your quarry is in sight and you are taking control of the intercept.



K — “Kilo”

Kick the Tires and Light the Fires
Formerly, to bypass or severely shorten the required routine of physically inspecting the aircraft prior to flight. Currently meaning “Let’s get this aircraft preflighted and outta here pronto!”

Knife Fight in a Phone Booth
Close-in, slow-speed aerial dogfight with a nimble adversary. Often just called a “knife- fight.”




L — “Lima”

LEAPEX
A jump-through-your-ass project, exercise, or drill. Something silly that needs to be done NOW!


Lost the Bubble
Got confused or forgot what was happening.


M — “Mike”

Martin-Baker Fan Club
If you eject, you’re a member (a reference to the Martin-Baker company, manufacturer of ejection seats). An official list of members is maintained.

Meatball
The glideslope indication light that pilots watch when they’re trapping.

Mort
Killed.

Mother, or Mom
The base to which you are deployed, and where you launched from.

Music
Electronic jamming intended to deceive radar.

My Fun Meter is Pegged
Sarcastic comment for, “I am not enjoying this any more.”




N — “November”
NFOD
No Fear of Death.


“Nice Vapes”
Comment on an exciting fly-by when high speed at low altitude or high G causes dramatic vapor trails.

No-Load
An underachiever.

No Joy
Failure to make visual sighting; or inability to establish radio communications.

Nugget
A first-tour aviator.

Nylon Letdown
Ejection or bail out and subsequent parachute ride.


O — “Oscar”


Opportunity to excel
A disagreeable job without the time or resources to properly complete.




P — “Papa”



Passing Gas
What an aerial tanker does.

Pinging On
Paying close attention to; critical scrutinization. Also “bugging” as in, “Quit pinging on me.” .

and recoveries.

Playmates
The pilots of other aircraft on the same mission as you.

Plumber
An inept pilot.

Power Puke or Power Barf
Projectile vomiting, a symptom of airsickness.

Pole
Control stick.

Prang
To bump, crunch, or break an aircraft.

Pucker Factor
How scary something is.

Puke
Someone who flies a different kind of aircraft than you, as in fighter puke or attack puke.

Punch Out
To eject.


Q — “Quebec”


Quick Fix
Stop-gap measure or computer box change to repair an aircraft quickly.



R — “Romeo”

S — “Sierra”

SA
Situational Awareness. An all-encompassing term for keeping track of what’s happening when flying. SA involves knowing what your airplane is doing relative to its envelope, where your adversary is and what he’s up to, where the ground is, the status of enemy threats on the ground, and hundreds of other variables. Loss of situational awareness is often cited as a contributing factor tomany military-aviation mishaps.

Shoe
Short for “blackshoes,” a derogatory term for nonflying personnel; aviators wore brown shoes back in the 40's.


Sierra Hotel
Phonetic abbreviation for “shit hot,” high praise; the pilot’s favorite and all-purpose expression of approval.


Smoking Hole
An airplane crash site.

Sortie
A single mission by one aircraft.

Spank or Shpank
What one does to a lesser opponent in a dogfight.

Speed of Heat, Warp One
Very, very fast.

Spooled Up
Excited.

State
How much fuel you’ve got. Mother requests, “Say your state.” Responded to in the form of hours and minutes of fuel onboard til you fall out of the sky (“splash”). You respond, “State two plus two zero to splash” = 2 hours and 20 minutes of flying time remaining.

Stick-Throttle Interconnect
Mock-tech term for a pilot (also called just a “stick”).

Sweet
Up and working.

T — “Tango”

Tank
Refuel TO GET SOMETHING TO EAT OR DRINK WHEN PERSONAL "FUEL" LEVEL IS LOW

Tango Uniform
Polite phonetics for “tits up”; broken, not functioning.



Three Down and Locked
Landing gear down and ready for landing. A required confirmation call prior to landing at Air Force bases. Pilots who fly fixed-gear aircraft are known to modify this call as “three down and welded.”

Three-Nine Line
Imaginary line across your airplane’s wingspan. A primary goal in ACM is to keep your adversary in front of your three-nine line.

Throttle Back
To slow down, take it easy.

Tickets
The jobs, billets, and accomplishments you need to climb the totem pole (the tickets get “punched”).

Tiger
An aggressive pilot.

Tits Machine
A good, righteous airplane. Current airplanes need not apply, this is a nostalgic term referring to birds gone by.

Top Off
Fill up with gas.

TransPac/Lant
To cross the Pacific or Atlantic by aircraft.

Tweak
To fine-tune or adjust.

Twirly
Anti-collision beacon on an aircraft.

U — “Uniform”

Up
Working, not broken.

Up and Locked
As in “Brain Disengaged.” Derives from that bad thing that happens when you try to make a gear-up approach.

Up on the Governor
When someone is about to have a tantrum (term comes from the device that keeps the engine from overspeeding).

Up to Speed, or Up to Snuff
To understand or to know what’s going on.

V — “Victor”

W — “Whiskey”

Warm Fuzzy
Feeling of confidence or security. When things feel right.

Wash Out
To not make the grade at flight school.

Whiskey Charlie
Phonetics for “Who cares.”

Whiskey Delta
Phonetics for “Weak Dick,” a pilot who can’t cut it. Such a scurrilous term that it’s almost never used.

Wingman
Second pilot in a two-plane formation. Responsible for ensuring that his leader’s six o’clock remains clear.

 

[00Syd]

I don't use jargon so much as I use movie quotes and random curses strung together into one annihilating exclamation.

For example.

Person: Hey, Syd, how have things been lately?
Me: "Oh, you know, ups and downs, strikes and gutters."

----->Cookies to people who know the reference!

 

[Cattypuss]

Person: Hey, Syd, how have things been lately?
Me: "Oh, you know, ups and downs, strikes and gutters."
----->Cookies to people who know the reference!

Where are my cookies????????

(See the quote in my siggy - I know the reference!)

 

[00Syd]

Where are my cookies????????

(See the quote in my siggy - I know the reference!)

Heaps of cookies for you!!

 

[Cattypuss]

Chocolate chip, please.

 

[Cattypuss]

This has reminded me that I use movie quotes a lot too - principally (but not exclusively) from Withnail & I, The Big Lebowski, and Unforgiven.

 

[Sir_Winston54]

Heaps of cookies for you!!

Chocolate chip, please.

Girl Scout cookies got delivered today. Mmmmm, Thin Mints.

 

[chy_girl]

Purple.

And Denver.

The first answer is always purple and everything cool comes from Denver. Just ask the kids.

 

[insert____here]

shit tin - lots of something - less than a boat load more than a smidge

wanker - self explanatory

gopher / gumpy - no, not the small furry mammal - with a short "o' sound - slang for snacks or soft drink (soft drink also known as softie)

unleaded - diet or lite drink of any description

cancer stick / (punch a ) durry - cigarette

fuck stick / wank stain / flog bag - complete and utter tosser (note; flog bag can be used as a term of endearance between mates)

ball and chain / trouble and strife - your wife

brew - coffee

ted - tooheys extra dry

dunny / crapper / thunderbox / porcelain throne / throne - various types of toilet reference

drowning the kids / downing a brown / bombing the bowl / laying cable - doing a poo (there are others)

pass the parcel - reference to a chick who sleeps with alot of guys in the barracks

fitter and turner - the cook (fits food into a pot and turns it into shit)

spanner - a tradie

boffin - technician

tool - loser

roach - someone who works in a q-store

truckwit - a transport driver

boozer - the pub

tinnie - either a very small tin boat or a can of beer

stubbie - either a small glass bottle of beer or pair of work shorts

wooly woofta / poofta - person of the gay persuasion

sheep shagger - someone from new zealand

tin tank / yank / septic - someone from the usa

logic bin - slang term for using common sense

pull the pin / pop smoke / jump ship / hit the silk - all terms for discharge in the services

woftam - waste of fucking time and money

chocko - chocolate soldier - army reserve

blue orchid - raaf member

pusser - navy member

cannon fodder / grunt - infantry member

lobster - really fit big muscly guy cos they got a great body, head full of shit.

pineapples / getting shafted - reference to people up top doing stupid, pointless or otherwise irritating things that create extra work or longer hours that often has to be re-done anyway- or getting yet one more thing that had to be yesterday (to bend over and receive a pineapple)

shout - to buy a round

cutting the grass - cutting in on your mate while he's trying to chat up a chick or sleeping with his missus

to be honest i could probably write about a thousand of these...we all use them so often that we don't even notice

 

[ThorkelGriersen]

I don't use much jargon -- one exception:

For many drivers in South Florida:
Morangatang = strange mashup of Moron + Orangutan

What I do is keep a constantly updated list of apt phrases to use in writing for pay. [Sorry that list is private]

I also collect good ones for inspiration. A few recent favorites.

(On American fast food.) UFO -unidentified food-like object. Is that one from Keroin??? --anyway, I won't use it. I don't steal.

OR
The Information Super Sewer--Chris Hedges

Financial Meth Labs Investment Banks as creators of CDSs [Credit Default Swaps]-----Janet Tavakoli That one is sweet!

 

[MasterPhoenix]

I tend to use a lot of football references.

Darrius Heyward-Bey or DHB="To drop the ball"

 

[graceanne]

*scritchle* It's a cross between scratch and itch and is for that light scratch you do on someone's back to get them to sleep

*huggle* It's a cross between hug and snuggle. It's a REALLY awesome hug.

There are more, but my train of thought keeps getting derailed by 11 year old drama. LOL

 

[Netzach]

Financial Meth Labs Investment Banks as creators of CDSs [Credit Default Swaps]-----Janet Tavakoli That one is sweet!

That's beautiful. I just had snarkgasms.

 

[misterx1969]

Ashamed to say it

AWWW *huggles* Im very fond of another one too "Snuggly" Which I am..... GLOMP, another good one *glomp*

 

[ThorkelGriersen]

snarkgasms.

NICE!!

 

[ImOnIt]

I remember someone explaining to me that 'radical' was a combination of the words 'rad' and 'cool'.

I remember explaining how rad was derived from radical, and that he was a retard.

I think I was a pretty awesome 9year old

 

[graceanne]

shit-o-meter It's a measurement of how much pain and trouble a guy (or girl) can cause in a persons life. We measure hot guys by it. Both me and my best friend tend to be attracted (like gut attraction - strange-guy-walks-by-and-you-fall-over-flipping-around-to-watch attraction) to physically abusive men. My sister is attracted to emotionally unavailable men. When this happens we say 'wow, he set off my shit-o-meter'.

 

[Xelebes]

Music:

Blinds: Dissonant synth line with a dissonant repetitive melody
Pig: Chunky acid bassline
Radium: Distorted kick and bass combo found in gabber and frenchcore
Rip: An extremely distorted, twisting bassline, usually found in industrial techno

 

[Kadnil]

Twunt is one of my favourites. Can be said with venom and almost isn't swearing, so it's office friendly.

FuckPig - Ex-husband/partner of the male variety. Normally, but not exclusively, one who fucked you over.

Erm... I'm sure there are more. Can't think just now.