31 Phrases That Only People In The Military Will Understand

Business Insider ^ | JAN. 2, 2014 | GEOFFREY INGERSOLL

[US Navy Vet]

Every region of the country has its own unique phrases, but they have nothing on the complex lexicon shared by people in the military. Aside from the way uniformed folks seem to speak in acronyms — "I was on the FOB when the IDF hit, so I radioed the TOC" — there's also a series of commonly used phrases which deserve some attention.

[Mark17]

FOWD (screwing off with discretion)

[yldstrk]

stupid bull hockey

yes “police up your area” = pick up

“squared away” means everything at right angles nice and neat

“zero dark thirty” early when it is still dark

“short” means almost ready to PCS or retire

but I have never heard the others, but I was in the military during the Cold War

[JoeProBono]

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=figmo

[yldstrk]

oh yeah, “klick” = kilometer

POC = point of contact

“vic” = vicinity

[tet68]

Candy, sweet stuff.
The stuff pogs eat.

[Fresh Wind]

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fiigmo

[yldstrk]

“who’d he make mad”

“what are they gonna do, send me to Fort Leonard Wood?”

what are they gonna do, fire me?

[sean327]

Ink Stick
Go Fasters
Brain Bucket

[sean327]

“What are they gonna do, shave my head and send me to Okinawa?

[yldstrk]

“file in the circular file”

[Mr. K]

mmmMMMMmmm gonna make some SOS right now

[Doogle]

frag
red ball
snafu

[tet68]

We used to say that about Vietnam, but then we found
out there WERE other places they could send you in Nam.

[yldstrk]

lol

[Doogle]

FOD

[5Madman2]

FUBAR

Ya can’t polish a turd

More F#@$CKED up than a soup sandwich in a rainstorm

[Mark17]

Kick the tires and light the fires.

[Doogle]

cherry

[real saxophonist]

Moonbeam.

Eyeballs. (They weren't called 'portholes' in those days)

[ComputerGuy]

HMFIC