Acronyms!!

[usmarinemike]

Thanks for the link, it's a good start. I actually printed out the Navy acronyms one too awhile back, but can't seem to find one for Navy slang.

I guess I could try and go back through all the threads on here but it seems really time consuming.

Here you go. I have this one bookmarked. One that did stump me for a minute was "backsheep" but I got it pretty quick.

http://www.hazegray.org/faq/slang1.htm

This was posted by heyjoe (I think) quite awhile ago.

 

[m26]

I'm sure you've seen these, but just in case:

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary_of_U.S._Navy_slang

*Disclaimer: I have no earthly idea what the quality of this is

 

[HueyCobra8151]

I think it's a good idea, especially for all us noobs to have some sort of acronym reference. Also Navy slang such as squid, scuttlebutt, manatee, joboy, etc. It's hard to understand things when you don't know the lingo. I don't get half the posts in these forums.

Pretty quick you will get the hang of it, just use context. For example, by themselves they may be hard to understand, but if I were to say: "I heard some scuttlebutt that some farking squid pulled a total joboy and now has a real manatee problem" you know immediately what I am trying to say.

 

[jorgelito]

Thanks for all the help fellas.

 

[MrsPickle]

Here is a good start. It's Aviation specific too!

http://www.tailhook.org/AVSLANG.htm

Ok nugget, kick the tires, light the fires,
select Zone 5, tag the bogey
but don’t get in a furball.
Don’t boresight, check six,
bingo to Mom — Got it?
I kick ass! I knew all of it, except MOM!

 

[skidkid]

The boat.

 

[MrsPickle]

The boat.

Thank you, smartass! (when you are married to a "toob slug", you know next to nothing about boats)

 

[fc2spyguy]

You know, I haven't seen wing wiper on any of those lists . . .