[Ads-l] re-up

[MULLINS, WILLIAM D (Bill) CIV USARMY RDECOM AMRDEC (US)]

Don't be pissed, re-enlist!
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> WB: <re-up> 'to re-enlist' (U.S. military slang), with possibility of getting a re-enlistment bonus. Now that the U.S. military & veterans'
> affairs have cachet once again, it's cool to cosy up to GI Joe.
> JL: << CNN advises us ["that's U.S.", as Paul Harvey would say] to "get re-upped on" our MMR vaccinations. >> I.e., join the crusade against
> vaccine avoidance: get the kids their booster shots, you nut-case parents! (Note how radical Islamic terror results in the resurgence of
> preventable diseases, too.)
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