sky

v. sky, skyed, skying
To run; Vietnam War slang, used by helicopter pilots to describe men on the ground.

From a description of a radio transmission recorded during the Vietnam War:
"This mission is a troop insert into an area about two miles west of LZ Baldy. Turned out to be a base camp. As you can tell on the tape, gooners with packs and rifles were skying in all directions when the 46's landed on top of 'em."

From a radio transmission recorded during the Vietnam War:
"OK, you might pass the word to Scarface {some guy's callsign} that they got one, and one got away, and it was the point man that got him, so, uh, evidently one skyed out in front of him, somewhere."

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gooner

n. Offensive Slang.
Used as a disparaging term for a person of East Asian birth or descent (possibly only Viet Cong) by US soldiers during the Vietnam War.

see also:
gook
slant-eye
zipperhead

From a description of a radio transmission recorded during the Vietnam War:
"This mission is a troop insert into an area about two miles west of LZ Baldy. Turned out to be a base camp. As you can tell on the tape, gooners with packs and rifles were skying in all directions when the 46's landed on top of 'em."

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slant-eye

n. Offensive Slang. slant-eyes, slant
Used as a disparaging term for a person of East Asian birth or descent, as their eyes are said to resemble slanted lines when closed.

see also:
slant eyes
slant eyed chink
slant
gook
gooner
zipperhead

From an intense-training.com forum post:
My girlfriend's father calls me "round eye" all the time. So one day I asked my girlfriend if I could call her dad a "slant eye". She got so pissed. I dont get it.

From an ogrish.com forum post:
You stupid coon (thanks xxxxx, haven't heard that in a long time) I certainly would rather be one of those yellow slant eyes then a nigger like you,, at least those slant eyes are industrious, intelligent and have damn great jobs. Hmmm, it must really suck to be a nigger,, the only ambition you crack headed fucks have is to go out and whore for your next rock. No wait, shit no, fuck that,, I would rather be a slant eye with downs syndrome then be a nigger like you,, still be smarter and better looking. Since I am white though that makes me three times better then a nigger like you, a slant eye is only twice as good.

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