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acronym | A word formed from the initial letter of other words |
bazooka | Tubular anti-tank rocket launcher |
blitz | An air-raid or series of air-raids conducted with ferocity |
cakehole | A person's mouth |
cannibalize | To take parts from one unit to complete another unit |
commando | A member of a body of picked men trained as shock troops |
ejectorseat | A seat which ejects a pilot from an aircraft in emergency |
freedomfighter | Someone who takes part in a resistance movement |
genocide | Deliberate and systematic extermination of an ethnic group |
git | A worthless person |
gobbledygook | Official, pretentious verbiage or jargon |
groundzero | That part of the ground directly under a blast,esp. atomic |
jeep | Small, |
kamikaze | Deliberately suicidal pilot |
kilroy | Name of a mythical person invoked by U.S. soldier grafitti |
liberate | To free as in occupied territory, often ironic. |
molotovcocktail | Makeshif incendiary hand grenade |
newsblackout | Official cutting off of the supply of info to the media |
paratroops | Body of soldiers to be dropped by parachute |
pinup | A favorite or attractive young person photo often pinned to wall. |
radar | System for detecting objects at a distance. |
sitrep | Situation report. |
snafu | Situation Normal All Fouled Up. |
sonar | System using reflected sound waves to detect underwater objects. |
stooge | To cruise aimlessly with no goal. |
superpower | A nation surpassing all but other superpowers. |
stateside | Of or in the United States. |
triggerhappy | To eager to shoot and kill. |
underbelly | The vulnerable underside or bottom. |
vaportrail | Trail of condensing water vapor left by jet planes. |
warofnerves | A state of tense psychological warfare. |