learn our lingo boot!

[TotalAnarchy]

Alright, we gonna go over jarhead, jarhead in itself is its own language kiddies,

Oorah = Battle Cry of the Corp, it's not hoorah or hooyah, use Oorah when you are in full motivation.

Rah = like oorah just coolled a little. I.E. "Marines we are not getting support" whole unit responds "rah"

Err = fuck you form of oorah, if marines had a shitty briefing or something dumb, err is the proper oorah form.

Boot = THIS IS THE WORST INSULTE IN ALL OF THE MARINES, this is the most fucked insult, a boot is a new marine, who's never been deployed and don't know his shit.

Clear hot = sure, let's do this, alright.

Kill = hello how are you?

KILL!!! = let's go kill some mother fuckers oorah yeah!!!

Suzie = your girlfriend back home.

Jodie =the man railing your GF while you are on deployment

Corpsman = another name for "medic" because it's not really called "medic"

Go fasters = running shoes

Dazy Dukes = PT shorts, they are super short.

Black Cadillacs = your combat boots.

Blouse = your shirt

Trousers = pants

M41A MK2, or any other one you pick = a weapon you never call it s gun, it's a weapon it's made to kill.

Cover = hat

Kevlar = chest plate armor

Turtle fucking = slapping two helmets against one other making a sound like turtles fucking.

Army gloves = hands in your pockets, like your doing nothing. Your useless.

Hurt locker = anything that's hurt or down.

POG = person other then grunt, this is an insult used against everyone not a marine headed to fight.

Brig chaser = MP

Barracks rat = fat lazy marine, dosent like to do much but chill in his rack

Rack = your bed

Head = bathroom

Bulkhead = wall

Hatch = door

Porthole = window

Chow = food

Bag nasties = MREs because the taste so bad

Skivies = underwear and under shirt

Chesty Puller = THE MOST BADASS MARINE THERE HAS EVER BEEN!!!! HE IS A GOD AND WILL BE VIEWED AS SUCH!

Army = arnt ready for marines yet.

Grunt = basic infantry marine.

Devil dog = another marine
Clear hot grunt! Now know jarhead, grab your god damn dazy dukes and go fasters you barracks rat, company run you boot, I better not see any fuckin army gloves there. Clear hot kill.

[Infant Punter]

Forgot the infamous bird of prey, for the buddyfuckers.
Other than that, beautiful dictionary.

[EMT_321]

Fun fact: The most moto people in the fleet were always boots. Kinda dudes with high-and-tights and walked around in boots all the time off-post.

Stop being a boot.

[LordeKilly]

Scream at the Officers that they're a bunch of Navy-boys when they try to boast about their 39 years as a Marine.

Also don't forget FUBAR

[monkeysfist101]

In terms of the USCM:

Oohrah to Ashes: The "We're all gonna fucking die. Let's do it!" version of Oohrah. Alternately used solemnly for a fallen marine.
LZ- Landing Zone: Where the dropship lands.
DZ-Drop Zone: Where the pod lands.
RV- Rendezvous (Pronounced Ronday Voo) Point:Where you meet.
Snow White: Female Colonist
REMF/Romeo Echo Mike Foxtrot: Rear Echelon Mother Fucker: Everyone not on the front line.
Oscar Mike: On the move.
Charlie Mike: Continue mission.
Shrap-head: Specifically Colonial Marines.
Aye-firmative: The Colonial Marine way of saying affirmative.

[ShortTemperedLeprechaun]

In terms of the USCM:

Oohrah to Ashes: The "We're all gonna fucking die. Let's do it!" version of Oohrah. Alternately used solemnly for a fallen marine.
LZ- Landing Zone: Where the dropship lands.
DZ-Drop Zone: Where the pod lands.
RV- Rendezvous (Pronounced Ronday Voo) Point:Where you meet.
Snow White: Female Colonist
REMF/Romeo Echo Mike Foxtrot: Rear Echelon Mother Fucker: Everyone not on the front line.
Oscar Mike: On the move.
Charlie Mike: Continue mission.
Shrap-head: Specifically Colonial Marines.
Aye-firmative: The Colonial Marine way of saying affirmative.

Ahhh, I remember hearing REMF being said in AvP 2010...right before the xenos ate the entire squad who said it.

[Desolane900]

I think a fantastic term for CM would be SNAFU. Situation Normal, All Fucked Up.

Desk Jockey, POG, REMF, Pencil Pusher = Anyone sitting comfy in a desk while other people are out dying.

I actually went out of my way to look up terminology people could use for the Colonial Marines specifically so see below.

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Breezer: A short mission or tour of duty.

Bug Out: To leave in a hurry.

Broken: Dead or injured.

CPA: Closest Point of Approach.

Cracked: Injured.

Desk Jockey: Someone who thinks they are hot—but they fly a desk, not a ship. (See also "REMF.")

Doughboy: A rich person or someone who finances an operation or organization.

Drop: A ground mission.

Fubar: "F! up beyond all recognition."

Going Walkabout: An EVA (extra-vehicular activity) from a starship or submersible.

Hard Wired: Adjective; having cybernetic implants.

Headliner: Someone who is wanted and/or has a bounty on his head.

Holding Down: Drawing a weapon and aiming it.

Honcho: Leader of a commando team.

Hot: Under hostile fire; e.g., "hot" landing zone.

Houha: Anything and everything that constitutes a positive response.

IA: Internal Affairs.

JAFO: "Just another f! observer," or the navigator in a two-man vehicle.

LEO: Law Enforcement Officer.

MRS ("Mirse") It: "Shut up!" originally an acronym for "Maintain Radio Silence."

OOW: Officer of the Watch

Pop: To murder someone.

Prince, Princess: A difficult person

Professional Casualty: A mercenary or otherwise expendable person.

Pucker Factor: A scale of 1 through 10 on intensity of fright; how much one's sphincter "puckers up."

Read You 5 by 5: A transmission when coming in loud and clear.

REMF: "Rear Echelon M!F!" a member of the "tail" of any military unit, which for some reason always seems to strand or hinder the members of the "teeth."

Ripped: Assaulted.

SNAFU: "Situation normal, all f!ed up" or "fouled up" in more polite company.

SOP: Standard Operating Procedure.

Squeaks: Information obtained by the overt use of intimidation or torture.

Taking on Space: A starship hull breach ("We're taking on space!"); derived from the planetary naval term "taking on water."

Tourist: Anyone who has no jurisdiction or responsibility in the given situation. ("Don't look at me! I'm just a tourist.")

We're in a Jam: To be in very serious trouble, something from which only the Jadist Military Services or their equivalent can remove one.

Ground Pounder - A term used to describe a military member in the armed forces whose primary job is being an infantry member.

ID10T Form - (USAF/USMC) Idiot form. A non-existent form that ignorant airmen/marines are sent to find. Usually they are new to their unit.

"OFP" - (US MARINES) Own F****** Program, a term given to a marine who doesn't follow an order given or is not following the marine corps standard.

Oscar-Mike - (US) On the Move, from the phonetic alphabet.

"...Since Jesus was a corporal" - (US Army and Marines) For a very long time. e.g.: "I haven't been home since Jesus was a corporal."

Shitbird - The guy in the unit everyone hates for making life harder on everyone.

Top - (US Army and Marines) The First Sergeant or Master Sergeant (USMC), senior enlisted man at company level.

"11 down and 3 across" then you are "8 Up"... {Shovel-Head} speak for having a Non-Situation Awareness of your area....

FIGMO: Fuck It, Got my orders!

"Pogue" frequently applies to those who do not have to undergo the risk and stresses of combat as the infantry does.

Fobbit: pejoratively denotes one who never leaves one's forward operating base (FOB).

Bravo Sierra (BS) - Initials for the word "Bullshit"

[TotalAnarchy]

my fav in boot was beat your face, my Senior DI said that to some kid and he punched himself in the face. Beat your face means do push ups as IT.

[Jroinc1]

my fav in boot was beat your face, my Senior DI said that to some kid and he punched himself in the face. Beat your face means do push ups as IT.

Wait, did you really have a recruit do that? I mean, we had one who spit on out RDC's boots (to get kicked out), and another who thought being assigned to ships staff meant they'd be on a SHIP, but punching yourself? Wow.

[Azmodan412]

Some of these are actually Navy, not marine.

[Bigchilly]

Kevlar - is actually referring to helmets, as most armor consists of plates of metal and stuff. And helmets are usually made of Kevlar, so its light on your head but tough on bullets

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oF0XYRhRvA

[Dunril]

Kevlar - is actually referring to helmets, as most armor consists of plates of metal and stuff. And helmets are usually made of Kevlar, so its light on your head but tough on bullets

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oF0XYRhRvA

We always called it, Kevlar, Braincage, Brainbucket or KPOT
Also, protip: always refer to your hands as dick beaters.

Source: US Army National Guard: 7 YRS

[apophis775]

Ehhhh... Someone sent me a link to this citing it as a joke, so I figured I'd correct some/most of it...


Here's the fixes based on my years in the military and combat experience:

Oorah = Battle Cry of the Corp, it's not hoorah or hooyah, use Oorah when you are in full motivation.

Oorah is the battle cry of hte USMC. The others, are various other branches/departments of service:

Hua (pronounced HOO-AH) - Us Army Battle Cry
Hoorah (Pronouced Who-Rah)- US Cavalry Battle Cry

Boot = THIS IS THE WORST INSULTE IN ALL OF THE MARINES, this is the most fucked insult, a boot is a new marine, who's never been deployed and don't know his shit.

Boot -An insult used to describe a brand new graduate of boot camp who has no real knowledge of how things work in the actual military. Also used when someone is acting stupid or functioning off of their basic training/boot camp knowledge and not the "how things are done" knowledge.

Clear hot = sure, let's do this, alright.

Clear Hot - This is either brand new, or someone was screwing with you, I've never heard it in my entire time in from the Army nor Marines. Also, I checked with Marine veterans at my school and none of the ones I know have heard of it used this way. However, there are 2 existing uses of a similar term:
CLEARED hot - 2 definitions: Over the radio, it's used to alert incoming air support they are clear to drop Ordinance. To a person on the ground it means you are clear to fire your weapon.
Example:
Private: "Target approaching 200 meters north"
Sgt: "Clear Hot"
Private: *gunfire*

Suzie = your girlfriend back home.

A "Suzie Rottencrotch" is a specific reference to a any woman that feeds off a USMC paycheck from her significant other (Wives, girlfriends, etc). They are known to be incredible whores and prey on the fresh virgin boots who will fall in love with them after their first time. Se also: Dependapotamus, Barracks Bunny, Barracks Cougar..

Jodie =the man railing your GF while you are on deployment

Jody - The man who is enjoying all the benefits you have given up while you are in boot, deployed, or overseas. Comes from a WWII era Jazz Song about Joe the Grinder (Changed to Joe D Grinder, and eventually Jody) who was someone who stole the wives/girlfriends of Army soldiers and inmates. It was popularized across all branches of the Military.

Corpsman = another name for "medic" because it's not really called "medic"

A Navy Sailor who works as a glorified nurse in hospitals stateside (Blue Corpsmen) or a battlefield medic with a marine unit (Green Corpsmen). Typically, a Corpsman with combat experience or exceptional skill is called 'Doc'. The big difference between a Corpsman and a Medic is the training. All Corpsman have basic medical training, but some have EMT training and higher levels of medical training. All Medics have EMT equalivent levels of training as a minimum. Additionally, Medics are protected by the Geneva Convention and bound to provide medical treatment to both friendly forces and captured enemy forces, Corpsmen are not, depending on their training level.

M41A MK2, or any other one you pick = a weapon you never call it s gun, it's a weapon it's made to kill.

M41A MK2 or other weapons - A Rifle or weapon. A 'Gun' refers to either a light/heavy machine-gun or a piece of artillery.

Kevlar = chest plate armor

Kevlar - Refers to the helmet of your army only. Also called a "Brain bucket".
IBA - Individual Body Armor - used to refer to the chest armor when not calling it a vest.

Turtle fucking = slapping two helmets against one other making a sound like turtles fucking.

Turtle Fucking - Slapping two uncolored (green by default) Kevlar helmets together. Named so, not because of the sound, but because it looks like 2 turtles fucking. Not really used much outside Basic/Boot anymore because everyone had Tan or Digital Helmets overseas.

Army gloves = hands in your pockets, like your doing nothing. Your useless.

Actually called "Air Force Mittens" by anyone who isn't jealous of the Army. Used to show disdain of the Air Force by pretty much everyone as they by far the easiest military branch to be in.

Hurt locker = anything that's hurt or down.

Hurt Locker - Slang/radiospeak for a severe injury

POG = person other then grunt, this is an insult used against everyone not a marine headed to fight.

POG = Person other than Grunt. Used as a slang term to define non-Combat Arms positions.

Brig chaser = MP

MP assigned to escort prisoners or captives

Barracks rat = fat lazy marine, dosent like to do much but chill in his rack

Two definitions here actually:
1. A "Barracks Rat" is a service member who is unable to return to regular life outside of the military, due to fear or financial inability
2. A civilian female who hangs out outside barracks on Fridays looking for easy hook-ups. No-one knows how she gets on base, but everyone knows she's a slut and usually has hepatitis.

Chesty Puller = THE MOST BADASS MARINE THERE HAS EVER BEEN!!!! HE IS A GOD AND WILL BE VIEWED AS SUCH!

While Chesty was a badass marine, the new marine god is General James Mattis. It was him and his marines, alongside the Army's 3rd Infantry Division who raced to see who could capture more of Baghdad, and when Fallujah was needing leveling he was the only one who could do it. He was the one destined to slay ISIS before being forced into retirement.

Army = arnt ready for marines yet.

A superior branch capable of spelling 'Aren't Correctly.

Here's some you missed:
MARINE = Muscles Are Required, Intelligence Not Expected
MARINE = My Ass Rides In Navy Equipment
Jarhead = Marine
High Speed, Low Drag - Someone who 'appears' to be prepared for any possible situation because they carry an incredible amount of excess equipment. Also: A brand new fancy piece of equipment that is designed to make something easier, but probably won't.
Squared Away - Someone who is ACTUALLY prepared for the situation at hand or situation that is coming up.
Butterbar = 2nd Lieutenant or Ensign, comes from the fact that they are the lowest ranking officer and their rank is a gold bar. Used typically as an insult due to their extreme levels of incompetence.

Clear hot grunt! Now know jarhead, grab your god damn dazy dukes and go fasters you barracks rat, company run you boot, I better not see any fuckin army gloves there. Clear hot kill.

The most boot statement I have read in many years.

[Butterrobber202]

Fucking owned.

And boot is incorrect, the term is Baldie

[Monoo]

I believe papa apop has brought down the boot on this thread... stomped it flat, in fact.