Book on Vietnam War Slang

[Joel S. Berson]

At 8/24/2014 02:17 PM, Cohen, Gerald Leonard wrote:
>Tom Dalzell just notified me that his list contains a typo (his 
>computer had auto corrected): "Graf" should be "frag."

Auto-ana(spelling and)grammarization?

JSB


>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
> >
> > Sorry for the delay.
> >
> > Some mainstays of the Vietnam war slang lexicon include:
> >
> > 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
> >
> > Edgier entries include:
> >
> > Bell Telephone hour
> > Boom Boom
> > Buddhist barbecue
> > BUFE; buffy
> > Carwash
> > Dap
> > Doughnut dolly
> > Flying lessons
> > FTA
> > LBFM
> >
> >
> > Thanks / Tom
> >
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