Book on Vietnam War Slang

[Cohen, Gerald Leonard]

Tom Dalzell just notified me that his list contains a typo (his computer had auto corrected): "Graf" should be "frag."

G. Cohen

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> From: Dalzell, Tom [tmd9 at IBEW1245.com]
> Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2014 8:54 AM
> To: Cohen, Gerald Leonard
> Subject: RE: Book on Vietnam War Slang
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> Sorry for the delay.
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> Some mainstays of the Vietnam war slang lexicon include:
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> Charlie
> Country, in
> Dink
> Dinky dau
> Double digit midget
> FIGMO
> FNG
> Freedom bird
> Gook
> Graf (verb sense 2)
> Grunt
> Hump (verb)
> Million dollar wound
> REMF
> World, the
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> Edgier entries include:
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> Bell Telephone hour
> Boom Boom
> Buddhist barbecue
> BUFE; buffy
> Carwash
> Dap
> Doughnut dolly
> Flying lessons
> FTA
> LBFM
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> Thanks / Tom
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