war words; smoke

[paul johnson]

Seems to me, that in Korea it was almost standard to call for a couple
of rounds of smoke to correct fire  "Gimme three rounds of smoke and
commence firing"
On 12/18/2013 3:37 PM, John Doe wrote:
> "Shitbag" is the uncovered version of the cop-opera "dirtbag." "Pogey-bait"
> has been around so long as Marine Corps slang that I'll leave further
> comment to Jon. And "waddy/wadi/waddi," with the meanings cited, is an
> ordinary word, long since borrowed from Arabic via Spanish, for anyone who
> knows who Ken Maynard and his Wonder-Horse, Tarzan, were. For those of us
> who lived through The War, "gold-star family" is no "euphemism." "Smoke"
> reminds me of BE "bring smoke on" = "shoot at," but further deponent sayeth
> not, given the existence of the non-violent "smoke over" = "look over,
> examine; ogle."
>
>
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> On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 3:26 PM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> I'm pretty sure Combat Tourist, Hero, Smoke and Shitbag are quite old
>> (smoke, for sure, and it's also old gang slang). That is, I've heard
>> them before 2002. Some (hero) came from period films (including sci-fi,
>> not just military docudramas). Others are documented more directly. Old
>> military might be a better source on this than a fly-by-night observer
>> like me.
>>
>>       VS-)
>>
>>
>> On 12/18/2013 6:13 AM, David Barnhart wrote:
>>> The following is from my nephew who was deployed in Afghanistan a couple
>> of
>>> years ago.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> David
>>>
>>> barnhart at highlands.com
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