Military Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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Bent Spear n. At least five U.S. Air Force commanders are facing criminal charges for allowing armed nuclear cruise missiles to be flown across America.…The incident sparked a so-called “Bent Spear” nuclear alert, one step down in military terms from a “Broken Arrow.” A “Broken Arrow” is triggered if a nuclear missile has been lost or detonated in a way that does not create the risk of nuclear war. [English Military] [full cite] (Oct. 22, 2007)

big boy rules n.pl. Current and former Triple Canopy employees said they policed themselves in Iraq under an informal system they frequently referred to as “big boy rules.” “We never knew if we fell under military law, American law, Iraqi law, or whatever,” Sheppard said. “We were always told, from the very beginning, if for some reason something happened and the Iraqis were trying to prosecute us, they would put you in the back of a car and sneak you out of the country in the middle of the night.” [English Military] [full cite] (Apr. 16, 2007)

big voice n. I didn’t hear an explosion, so I started the engine and prepared to move out. Just then I heard Big Voice anouncing “Alarm…Red…”…I shut off the engine and sat there a bit, figuring I was as safe in an up-armored hummer as in a bunker. After a while Big Voice announced “Alarm…Black…,” so we could move around guilt free. [English Military] [full cite] (Mar. 15, 2005)

big voice n. When there is an attack, a siren goes off that sounds like the air raid sirens in the movies. Then, there a speaker system we call “Big Voice” that directs everyone to “take cover.” [English Iraq Military] [full cite] (Mar. 15, 2005)

big voice n. The siren and the inevitable “big voice” yelling at us to take cover. [English Military] [full cite] (Mar. 15, 2005)

big voice n. As they filed out of the bunker after the first attack, marines pulled off their gas masks and steadied their nerves with their first few breaths of fresh air. As one marine put it: “You know, I’m pretty p—ed at that Big Voice right now.” [English Military] [full cite] (Mar. 15, 2005)

big voice n. Giant Voice System. This system is also known as Big Voice. The Giant Voice system is typically installed as a base-wide system to provide a siren signal and pre-recorded and live voice messages. It is most useful for providing mass notification for personnel in outdoor areas, expeditionary structures, and temporary buildings. [English Military] [full cite] (Mar. 15, 2005)

birth control glasses n.pl. He also wore thick-framed, Army-issue glasses, an object that earned an unofficial acronym, BCGs—“birth control glasses”—for being remarkably unattractive. [English Apparel, Appearance, & Fashion Military Sex & Sexuality] [full cite] (Mar. 25, 2005)

birth control glasses n.pl. BCGs: “Birth Control Glasses,” a term used to describe the ugly military-issued eyeglasses. [English Military] [full cite] (Mar. 28, 2005)

birth control glasses n.pl. Right now they’re both wearing Army-issue brown heavy plastic frames, which the soldiers call BCGs, birth control glasses, because they’re so ugly no woman would want to make a baby with a soldier wearing a pair. [English Military] [full cite] (Mar. 28, 2005)

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