[Ads-l] "Definitive glossary of modern U.S. military slang"
Jonathan Lighter
wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM
Fri Oct 2 17:14:52 UTC 2020
>From the Denver Post, 2013.
https://www.denverpost.com/2013/12/03/the-definitive-glossary-of-modern-us-military-slang/
The usual assemblage from every possible register including (I'd say) the
idiosyncratic.
"Self-licking ice-cream cone" is worth considering.
JL
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