Slang Names For Everyday Items

[xudo]

"tea" always means sweet tea

Tea here is either a cup of tea, or your evening meal.

 

[Judge]

Tea here is either a cup of tea, or your evening meal.

Hmmmm. Never had it with milk!

 

[Mia]

Tea is sometimes used here as an alternative word for soft drugs like hashish and grass.

 

[Judge]

Texas Tea.

Hint: You don't drink it.

 

[orphan]

Gong show: Fisticuffs on a large scale... like clearing the benches in hockey.

Side note... getting "gypped"is very offensive to those who have gypsy heritage. Racist. Not all of us are thieves.

 

[xudo]

Side note... getting "gypped"is very offensive to those who have gypsy heritage. Racist. Not all of us are thieves.

Oh absolutely, but as another poster said, the majority of people have literally no idea that the saying is even related to gypsies. If people saw it written down more, they may make the connection, but even then I doubt all would. It's like the saying here 'blimey', I only found out a few years ago that it's a shortening/bastardisation of 'blind me'. This would usually have been said as 'Lord blind me'. I just thought it was a weird word people use to express shock/disbelief until one of my friends enlightened me.

 

[Ambi]

Coke? Y'all mean an "Ah-Cee".

But at least in Nevada I can ask for a side order of grits and get it, instead of a dirty look.

LOL - in Louisiana I asked for oatmeal at a breakfast place and the woman behind the counter just laughed at me. She then introduced me to grits - yum!

 

[midlife aspie]

Two that are relative to the USPS: "chunk" and "spur"; both refer to parcels of small size. The USMC had several:
"deck" = floor
"bulkhead" = wall
"scuzzbrush" = favored boot camp cleaning implement
"porthole" = window
"BCGs" = birth control glasses
"go-fasters" = tennis shoes
"cadilacs" = full leather combat boots
"jungle boots" = combat boots with canvas uppers
"overhead" = ceiling
"lock it up!" = cease activity
"**** bird" = bad recruit/Marine (undiagnosed Aspies would likely be seen as such)
"bag nasty" = bag lunch from the chow hall
"shell bag" = honorary title awarded to one who has been hazed after crossing the Equator.
"geedunk" = junk food
"go go juice" = fruit juice and cool aid
"pig" = crew served weapon assigned to a Marine to carry on the march
"hatch" = door
"the man" = highest ranking officer in one's command chain
"butter bar" = 2nd Lieutenant or "left tenant" (old term)
"gunner" = generally in reference to any of the chief warrant officer ranks, but was specifically meant to denote the honorable CWO5 rank, characterized by a solid red bar on one collar and a bursting bomb on the other. Very few hold the honor of this rank.
"high and tight" = popular Marine hair cut

 

[Judge]

LOL...I forgot how often my father used Navy terms in everyday life.

Ok, now everyone be sure to visit the head before we leave!

 

[midlife aspie]

LOL...I forgot how often my father used Navy terms in everyday life.

Ok, now everyone be sure to visit the head before we leave!

Making the ol' head call. Some in my day also likened "head call" to a certain adult activity.....

 

[Judge]

Making the ol' head call. Some in my day also likened "head call" to a certain adult activity.....

Could be worse. Most kids get sent to their rooms.

For us it was either hanging on the yard arms or keel hauling.

 

[midlife aspie]

Could be worse. Most kids get sent to their rooms.

For us it was either hanging on the yard arms or keel hauling.

Keel hauling... it would go better if the hull has recently been "careened". Can you tell me what it was like to be piped to grog?

 

[Judge]

Keel hauling... it would go better if the hull has recently been "careened". Can you tell me what it was like to be piped to grog?

LOL....there's another one. Dad used to occasionally mention his "Grog Ration".

NO BS....just bilge.

 

[midlife aspie]

LOL....there's another one. Dad used to occasionally mention his "Grog Ration".

NO BS....just bilge.

Did the capt; er, your mom, read from "The Articles" prior to ordering the bosun; er, your dad, to "lay it on"? (and if he didn't, threaten him with being next?)

 

[Judge]

Did the capt; er, your mom, read from "The Articles" prior to ordering the bosun; er, your dad, to "lay it on"? (and if he didn't, threaten him with being next?)

Ummm....the Exec never outranked the Captain on our "ship".

 

[midlife aspie]

Ummm....the Exec never outranked the Captain on our "ship".

Your "ship" operated the opposite of ours. I was an "impressed" crewman for the most part.

 

[Judge]

Your "ship" operated the opposite of ours. I was an "impressed" crewman for the most part.

Well, in my case a press gang didn't bring me to a hospital. Mom came first. But it wasn't long before I was pressed into service.

No joke either. Especially difficult fulfilling social demands of the Navy as a child I didn't understand. But then my mother had similar grievances. No Captain's Mast for us though. We served for the duration.

I hate it when people ask if I ever served in the armed forces. It's complicated. Usually I just respond, "Well I was born into the Navy as an officer's kid".