Word

Meaning

Green Maggot

Army issue sleeping bag

Dhobi

The ancient art of washing!

Dhobi Dust

Washing powder

Field Mice

Royal Engineer's Field Squadron Variety

Armoured Farmers

Sapper's in Tanks

Can Spanner

Tin Opener

Crabair

RAF's Mode of transport for sending troops around the world with its modern VC10 Aircraft

Fighting Order

Another name for a set of Knife , Fork & Spoon

R.E.M.E

Rough Engineering Made Easy

R.E.M.E

(W)reck Everything Mechanical Eventually

R.E.M.E

Royal Engineer Minus Education

Q.L.R

Queen's Last Resort

Norman

Storeman of any type

Cabbage Head

Any Marine

Egg Op

The Very Rare Member of the A.C.C (now RLC Catering crew) that can fry an egg without breaking the yoke

Green fleet

Draughty lorry transport

Buckshee

freebies

Cheese processed

hard to forget what that is!

Smoker

quiet get together of like minded soldiers to discuss issues of the day..a little alcohol may sometimes be imbibed

Minging

something far from clean

Crap-Hat

The name given by Paras to any other colour beret wearer than Maroon

Rupert

An officer whose Dad bought him a commission (usually Household Cavalry...)

Rodney

An officer who earned his commission

R.A.M.C.

Rob All Mates and Comrades

The God Squad

Army Chaplains department

Pink Death

luncheon meat

Babies Heads

steak & kidney pud

Screech

The powdered fruit juice that cleaned your mouth better than any toothpaste

Monkey

Military Police

Sky Pilot

Padre

Mess tin order

As in 30 seconds change dress and get on parade for din dins

Slack bladder

Lazy git

Grunter

Any soldier but the RMP

Scab lifter

MedicP

Green Slime

Walter Mitties in the Intelligence Corps

Death stag

Death stag meaning 2am to 4am shift on guard duty aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Spammed

being volunteered

NAAFI

no ambition and flip all interest

RAMC

Run away mothers coming

RAMC

Read backwards as Can’t Manage A Rifle

Panzer

AFV 432

Compo

we all know that one (COMPOsite Rations)

Combat zits

after 6 weeks on Soltau they get big

Giz it party

pre posting getting rid of all the buckshee

STABS

Stupid TA Bastards

ARABS

Arrogant Regular Army Bastards

Death by Vufoil

Army Training lectures with 100s of vufoils zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Single bagger

A lady (dog) so ugly she needs a bag on the head

Bennies

Falkland Islanders

Stills

they are still bennies (What they were called after MOD said stop calling them Bennies...)

Engineer Concentration

BAOR April Exercises that were just death

The Traz

Osnabruck (I was at Isherlohn)

Pads

married squaddies

Pads Brats

Squaddies kids

Bean Stealers

Pads in the cookhouse

Active Edge

BAOR in the 80’s lets go to war, maybe not today

FREDS

Junior leaders (from WW1 Fit for Royal Engineers Duties)

Schnell Imbiss

Feeding Station whilst on Exercise in BAOR

Crabs

the RAF (when asked something, they shrug their shoulders and walk off sideways)

Scaly Backs

anyone in Signals

Shiny Arse

Clerks

Germans

first year BAOR

Boxheads

second year BAOR

Nazis

third year BAOR

Car Smash and Babies Heads

Stew and Dumplings (not Steak and kidney pudding as far as I know)

Blanket Stacker

RAOC Storeman

Douvee technician

RLC Supply Specialist (see RAOC Storeman)

RLC

Really Large Corps

Penguin

Paratrooper (as in has wings but cannot fly)

Wooden Top

Guardsman of any variety

Plank

Artilleryman (from the Crimean War when (allegedly) their bodies were used instead of sleepers so that the guns could cross mud

Bullet Mechanic

Ammo Technician

Scratcher

the sleeping bag after a 4week ex and without a wash

REMF

Rear Echelon Mother F****R( Anyone who isn't on the front line)

Sticky wrapper

the good old SAPPER.

Doss bag

The good old Army sleeping bag

Harry Black

the G10 black tape, a fave of the REME in fixing anything

Dreamy REME

our friends in the REME

Nine Mile Sniper

Royal Artillery

Ubique

Royal Engineers – Everywhere

Ubique

Royal Artillery – All over the flaming place

Grunt

soldier

Super grunt

Special Ops

Cluster F***

a collection of cock ups usually by one person

Double bagger

That is where a bird is so ugly that she wears a bag and so do you in case hers falls off

Chunky

Pioneer

Gym Queen

PTI

Scran

food

High spirits

Officer's when drunk and out of their heads

WRAC

Warm, Round And Cuddly

Lumpy Jumper

A female member of the Army

Waste of Army rations

needs no explanation

Oxygen thief

someone who is using up Oxygen someone worthwhile could be putting to good use

Rubber Ducks

Amphibious Engineers

Riggies

Amphibious Engineers

Floaters

Derogatory name for Riggies. Usually from field sappers

Dixie

Cooking pot used on 'scheme'

scheme

exercise

ROPs

Restriction of Privileges ( If you got caught)

Dixie Basher

What you do on ROPS

Gat

Common term for your weapon. (where's me gat?)

Shiny Arse

Common name for a clerk

SWAG

Scientific Wild Arse Guess

SWITFA

Somewhere in that Flaming Area

SNAFU

situation normal, all f**ked up

Lemon

the art of being volunteered

Clanky

marine engineer

Gizzit

freebee donated by the unsuspecting

Cherry berry

those nasty bods that seem to be everywhere

Volunteer

the last one still in sight.

Deckies

those nice guys that kept the vessels painted so nicely

Brew master

the first guy you want to meet at the squadron

Skipper

the last guy you want to meet at the squadron

Gozomee bird

the best c130 in the Falklands

Church Key

Bottle Opener (it opened the gates to heaven)

Chinagraph Queen

Clerk on exercise. Known for roughing it!

REME

Ruins Every Maiden Eventually

REME

Ruin Everything -- Mainly Engines

GRUNT (infantry)

Ground Role Unit Non Thinking

VOL

Visions Of Loveliness (we all have these after a few beers)

Cow boys in a blanket

Two sausages wrapped in bacon and served at the tea meal.

Train smash

Tomatoes served at breakfast.

Re-Tread

Late entry officer

FUBAR

F**ked Up Beyond All Reason

God minus 1

The RSM

Cookie Monster

The master chef

Egg Banjo

Sandwich