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

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wire n. I am what people call a Fobbit, because I never leave the “wire.” [English Military] [full cite] (Jul. 18, 2005)

wire brush treatment n. His “snowflake memos” are notorious within the Pentagon, as is his combative style of debating and discussing issues. Civilians and military personnel refer to it as getting “the wire brush treatment.” [English Military Slang] [full cite] (Apr. 24, 2006)

wizzo n. Lt. Col. Mark Buccigrossi’s the back-seat wizzo—vernacular for the acronym WSO, or weapons system officer/navigator—in the F-4 Phantom. [English Military Jargon Acronym] [full cite] (Dec. 16, 2004)

wizzo n. His “wizzo” weapons system officer, Maj. Billy Wilhite, 36, of Monroe, La., said, “Nobody has ever shot at us before.” [English Military Jargon Acronym] [full cite] (Dec. 16, 2004)

wizzo n. A skilled “Wizzo”—weapons-systems operator—can achieve good accuracy with only one aiming device, but the planners established the “double lock” rule to make sure the right targets were hit. [English Military Technology Jargon Acronym] [full cite] (Dec. 16, 2004)

World War Zero n. The Russo-Japanese War “is easy to overlook because it was not a lengthy one,” said Kurk Dorsey, an associate professor of history at the University of New Hampshire. “But the treaty was really important.” Not unlike fears about a major regional war in the Middle East coming out of insurgent and sectarian conflicts in Iraq, Dorsey said there were global fears that the Russo-Japanese War would spread far beyond its northern Pacific battlegrounds on land and sea—and especially engulf China, which was a focal point of a wide range of European interests and ambitions. It’s why this “easily forgotten war” became known to historians as “World War Zero.” [English Military] [full cite] (Dec. 12, 2006)

wovit n. Years after Zimbabwe’s independence, President Robert Mugabe declares war on the white farmers, causing many to be killed along with their families and black supporters at the hands of squatting War Vets or “wovits” as they are called. [English Zimbabwe Military Abbreviation] [full cite] (Sep. 21, 2007)

wovit n. Godwin provided plenty of colorful examples of the gradual disintegration of the farming system in Zimbabwe as the war vets or “wovits,” as they are called, grab land from the rightful owners. [English Zimbabwe Military] [full cite] (Nov. 24, 2008)

x-fill v. They were being extracted—or “X-filled” in military parlance—from the mission site and were loading up a Chinook helicopter with their gear. [English Military] [full cite] (Jun. 12, 2006)

yellow-star cluster n. Starting with the upcoming 2009 budget, the Air Force will need at least $20 billion more every year to meet its modernization needs, he said. “I think this is really a yellow-star cluster,” Wynne said, describing the military term for sending a personnel-in-distress signal. “We’ve done what we can do, and we need help.” [English Military] [full cite] (Sep. 27, 2007)

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