jointness, purple

[Grant Barrett]

On Mar 15, 2006, at 09:55, Dave Wilton wrote:

> The same [1984] article contains an early use of "purple suit",
> another military
> slang term related to jointness:
>
> "'There are others out there in the Army and in the Air Force who
> do take a
> purple-suit approach,' an Army general added, referring to officers
> who are
> not loyal only to Army 'green-suiters' or Air Force 'blue-suiters.'"

I've got a 1967 cite containing "purple-suiter" in my entry for
"purple," which is used as an adjective meaning "associated with or
concerning all branches of the military."

http://www.doubletongued.org/index.php/dictionary/purple/

Grant Barrett
gbarrett at worldnewyork.org
http://www.doubletongued.org/

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