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

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yowie n. Bagworms were the original inventors of the ghillie suit, the camouflage get-up hunters and snipers wear that makes them look like Swamp Thing. Another name for the ghillie is yowie. Fittingly, this is also what homeowners might say in September when they realize how many bagworms are eating on their Leyland cypress tree. [English Apparel, Appearance, & Fashion Military] [full cite] (May. 29, 2006)

yowie n. It was a dress up as what you wanted to be when you were a child affair. So I dressed up as a soldier as you can see in the photos. I wore my yowie hat, youwie shirt, new army pants and my army boots. [English Australia Military] [full cite] (May. 29, 2006)

yowie n. Defence spokesman Major Klaus Boehme says the sniper’s outfit of hessian bags and appropriate camouflage paint evolved from a British idea of about 35 years ago. It had been developed in the mid-1970s when the Army started training snipers, and did not replace the camouflage uniforms worn when in the field. “Someone said about the first person who wore one that he looked like a “yowie,” and it’s been called that ever since,” he said.…Colonel David Oliver in his “yowie” sniper’s outfit and, above right, as he really looks. [English Australia Military] [full cite] (May. 29, 2006)

yowie suit n. Beside the bed lies his combat vest, filled with magazines of live ammunition and festooned with grenades, while hanging next to the Girls of Ralph poster is a sniper’s camouflaged “yowie suit.” [English Australia Military] [full cite] (May. 29, 2006)

yowie suit n. If they saw the pair in their “yowie suits” though it would be a different story. “They are itchy and hot,” Pte Wheeler said. Each sniper designs and decorates—or camouflages—his own “yowie suit” to suit his taste. [English Australia Military] [full cite] (May. 29, 2006)

yowie suit n. The show was designed as a sort of crescendo, beginning with two snipers dressed in Yowie suits, demonstrating the stopping power of the F88 Steyr rifle over 300m. The Yowie suits were pretty impressive too. [English Australia Military] [full cite] (May. 29, 2006)

zero v. I fired six bullets from my M4 carbine and that was the extent of my training in Kuwait. That’s how many bullets it took for me to hit the target, also known as zeroing your weapon. [English Military] [full cite] (Sep. 7, 2005)

zombie n. By odd coincidence, I met my cousin Harry in the C. N. E. Horse Palace, where Ontario troops were first assembled. But we were on different sides, so to speak. I was “Active Service,” he was a “Zombie” a derogatory term applied to those who signed only to serve in Canada. [English Canada Military Slang] [full cite] (Aug. 1, 2008)

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