Naval Terminology, Jargon and Slang FAQ ; Part 1 - A through M ... (2) (RCN) Punishment consisting of confinement to the ship, base, etc., or sailors under punishment (derived from the slang term ‘jailbird.’) (3) Generic, airplane. (4) Missiles, especially in the surface community.
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Covey Crump - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Commander A. Covey-Crump , Royal Navy (RN), a former Naval Assistant to the Chief of Naval Information, was responsible in the mid-1950s for compiling a record of naval slang, abbreviations, legends ...
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Building 39: 1990's-era Naval Station Norfolk slang for the USS EMORY S. LAND (AS-39), which during that time period, rarely left port. ... Butter Bar: Slang for an Ensign, or new officer fresh from OCS/Naval Academy or ROTC. The single gold bar on the khaki uniform of an Ensign, being the 'butter bar.
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A valuable resource in tracing these origins has been Covey Crump - a collection of Naval slang, abbreviations, legends and historical tit-bits which was originally compiled by Commander A. Covey-Crump, RN, a former Naval Assistant to the Chief of Naval Information.
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There are other Naval terms in the main "Glossary." ... BLACK GAND: a ship's fire room complement, so named for the coal, and later the bunker c fuel oil, used before U.S. Naval ships were converted to distillate fuel after 1973.
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A LAUGH A MINUTE: similar to the Naval Aviators "Walk in the Park," but it meant going up a river. ... ALPHA BRAVO: slang expression for ambush, taken from the initials AB. Pg. 503...
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Which eight letter word, used as a verb, is naval slang meaning to severely rebuke? My local library is very short of books on slang or naval terms. Myrtle (Sun 23:39 05/Sep/04) ... It is not generally regarded as exclusively naval. I favour verbiphobe's 'keelhaul' (very sore on the family treasures)
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Casual Naval acquaintance ... Slang name for ladies of that town who used to frequent the Flotilla Club at South Queensferry ... Naval reveille...
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List of U.S. Navy acronyms and expressions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The U.S. Navy , like any bureaucratic organization, produces its own acronyms, which often come to have meaning beyond their bare expansions. Servicemembers sometimes refer to this as NAVSpeak . L...
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