The TBS Buzzword Saga

[FlyMikeFly]

The AIs and CIs love buzzwords. I am trying to compile a list of the most popular buzzwords heard only at this fine institution. My list (off the top of my head) is below. I know this list is timeless, surely even Gen Conway heard some of the same when he went through. Please add to my list if you remember some good ones.

1. thousand year old mind
2. you trackin?
3. check?
4. deciduous
5. cariferous
6. waitin on word
7. give 'em one
8. are we up?
9. all up in their OODA loop
10. words have meaning

By the way, to qualify for this list, it must be a word or phrase that you heard ad nauseum and never want to hear again unless in a joke.

 

[chupacabra]

There are plenty, but the single most repeated has got to be the generic answer to any question that the instructor doesline not have the answer to or doesn't want to take the time to explain:

"It's METT-T dependent"

 

[cisforsmasher]

My SPC was a back country guy from Appalachia (absolute maniac of an infantryman/ prior sniper) so we heard a lot of "that dog wont hunt" and "now we're cooking with gas." His only greeting on the phone was "hunter of gunmen, leader of Marines" I was in his office one day getting counseled for something or the other when the phone rang. "Oh its my wife... Hunter of gunmen, leader of Marines.... hey honey, how are you doing...."

 

[E5B]

Knats ass detail
Ass-bleading detail
Chow is continous
on deck time
firewatch
grown-ass men and women
what now Lt?
human factors
comfort based decision
quantico like terrain
centrailion (sp?)
300 lbs brain
I was born at night, but not last night...
...like putting lip stick on a pig or polishing a turd

 

[cisforsmasher]

and i forgot "I will caveat that with..."

 

[Herc_Dude]

"Is the flag up?"

 

[Schnugg]

"Last plane on deck"

My personal favorite...when SDO in the RR.

 

[phrogpilot73]

"Situationally Dependent"

 

[nittany03]

you trackin?

This, its bastard cousin "everybody trackin' with that," and "so to speak," need to get beaten out of the staff at FASOTRAGRUPAC San Diego . . . :icon_tong

Prowler NATOPS Brief buzz phrases:
"big ticket items like engine fires . . ."
"unless we hit something hard, deep or wet"
"chugs, bangs, or stalls"
"Non-standard RAG Standard crew"

 

[raptor10]

And oh, by the way...
Clear as mud
No impact no idea

 

[pjxc415]

orientate

 

[HeloBubba]

"Well below glidepath and not correcting..."

 

[FlyMikeFly]

Keep 'em coming!

Some more:
"What's the scheme of maneuver?"
"Not to insult your intelligence...but"
"On your person"

 

[Hozer]

This, its bastard cousin "everybody trackin' with that," and "so to speak," need to get beaten out of the staff at FASOTRAGRUPAC

As a FASOTRAGRULANT bubba, I hereby attest that the aforementioned is "on target"...so to speak. Next slide...get me the metric

 

[phrogpilot73]

"That round's downrange"