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US Army derogatory term for a non-combat soldier or an officer who calls unnecessary drills or parades.
Get with it! The new Lt wants us to parade for a kit inspection!
Sheeit! That STRAC REMF is a real ground pounder!
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US Army slang from the Vietnam War, to carry something, particularly a heavy load in adverse or difficult circumstances.
With all the shit we humpin' on patrol, whoever called us light infantry musta had a goddam weird sense o' humour.
Either that or he's some fuckin' REMF who's never been out in the boonies.
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Acronym standing for Bullshit Baffles Brains. There is some truth in this as highly persuasive people can influence highly intelligent people (Parliamentary lobby groups are a case in point). This is achieved by representing their arguments as reasonable, the view of the vast majority of people, the only sensible course and by securing the support of other people, groups or organisations. All that is required for the BBB effect to take hold and to avoid scrutiny is for there to be no direct challenge to the assertions of the bullshitter.
NOTE: In 1945 a British 'A' Class submarine, HMS Aurochs, was launched. The submarine's motto was 'Excreta Tauri Sapientam Fulgeat' which translates as 'a bull's excrement can fool a wise man' or Bullshit Baffles Brains. From this we know that the acronym must have been in widespread use during and before the Second World War.
Malcolm's cocked things up again and he's flooding the boss with as much jargon as he can think of to try to justify it.
Yeah that's our Malcolm hoping that BBB.
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Marijuana, from Cambodian Red a type of marijuana readily available during the Vietnam War.
We'd been really humpin' it on patrol and I could barely put one foot in front of the other, but a couple of hits off some Cambodian fixed that.
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BVA is a medical acronym and stands for Breathing Valuable Air. Believed to have originated in Los Angeles, it is used to describe patients who are demanding, objectionable, unpleasant, aggressive, or anything else that makes them a pain in the ass.
Malcolm's in hospital!
BUNDY?
No, still BVA
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Deriving from the tag 'Manna for the mind' used to describe books and literature, 'Manna for the mindless' is a disparaging but accurate description of banal entertainment of any sort, particularly daytime television, long running soaps, stupid game shows, chat shows and so on. It consists of material that is so dumb it doesn't require 'dumbing down' and is no more than prdigested pap which can be understood by people with a below normal IQ. Before the advent of twenty-four seven television manna for the mindless was typified by the Hollywood musical of the 1950s. These consisting entirely of eminently forgettable songs joined together by crappy dialogue and a plot so thin you could shoot peas through it.
"Kim, d'you want to come out for a walk?"
"No, I've got to watch Jeremy Kyle!"
"Manna for the mindless!"
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UFHC - Unfit For Human Consumption. The term was originally applied for meat or other foodstuffs destined for the pet food industry. Its use has now been expanded so that it is applied to persons (male or female) who are truly repulsive and whose presence makes your skin crawl.
Hey, that asshole Georgie is hittin' on Julie again!
Oh man! That guy is really creepy! Totally UFHC
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