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twidget n. At this evening’s muster, ET2 Fred Larousse, one of Cushing’s twidgets—electronic technicians—and the senior man on the BAF, was holding forth on the subject of security alerts. [English United States Military] [full cite] (Jun. 20, 2004)

twidget n. A twidget was anybody who wasn’t an engineer, and therefore, according to the snipes, not a real man. [English United States Military] [full cite] (Jun. 20, 2004)

UGRE n. Natick has gone back to the drawing board; it is now testing “unified ground rations express,” or U.G.R.E., which can feed 18 soldiers a hot meal out of a single disposable box. [English Food & Drink Military Acronym] [full cite] (Mar. 15, 2005)

unass v. The Saracen swapped the engine from the rear to front for reasons of easy debussing (dismounting, “un-assing’ in US miltary parlance) by the PBI (Poor Bloody Infantry) carried in the back area. [English Military] [full cite] (Nov. 14, 2004)

unass v. Un-ass the place and leave them to fight over the food and die! [English Military Slang] [full cite] (Nov. 17, 2004)

unass v. The crew felt they would be more useful elsewhere and dismounted the tank in record time. (We called it “Unassed the vehicle.”) [English Military Slang] [full cite] (Nov. 17, 2004)

unass v. “I’ll take ‘un-assing the A.O.’ to mean ‘helping up the arresting officer.’”…“Get a clue. The phrase is Army slang for ‘leaving the area of operations.’” [English Military Slang] [full cite] (Nov. 17, 2004)

unass v. Move it. Move it. Move it! Unass my chow line. [English Military Slang] [full cite] (Nov. 17, 2004)

unass v. Airmobile assaults were both exciting and frightening. Each one was a gut-churning event not dissimilar to the moment before you unassed a plane with a parachute on your back. [English Military Slang] [full cite] (Nov. 17, 2004)

UXO n. The painstaking, dangerous work of removing unexploded ordnance, or UXO as it is known, is taking much longer in Vietnam than anyone wishes, researchers and ordnance experts say. [English Firearms Military Acronym] [full cite] (Mar. 8, 2007)

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