War Slang: American Fighting Words and Phrases Since the Civil War
From the 19th century's "boodle" to the "deep serious" of Vietnam and beyond, America's foremost expert on slang reveals military lingo at its most colorful, innovative, brutal, and ironic. Recommended by The New York Times' language maven William Safire, this up-to-date reference features convenient dictionary-style entries arranged chronologically by conflict.
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An expert on American slang reveals military lingo at its most colorful, innovative, brutal, and ironic. This up-to-date reference features convenient dictionary-style entries arranged chronologically by conflict.
Introduction: Fire Cakes1Civil and Uncivil Words: War Slang Before the Great War: From the War Between the States Through the War with Spain12World War I: Over there and Over the Top: Terms That Came Up from the Trenches, and Down from the Dogfight353The Many Words of World War II: G.I.'s, Jeeps, Kilroy, and V-Signs from Two Theaters of War1134The Code of the Korean Conflict: A Few Words from World War 2 1/22345Vietnam Vocab: Out of the Jungles of Southeast Asia2596A Gulf Glossary: Grains of "Sandspeak" from the War That Was on Every Channel2987Doomsday's Dictionary: Verbal Fallout from Nukes, the Cold War (1946-1991), and the Puzzle Palace3348Terms for a Time of Terror: New Words for the Post-9/11 World and the Iraq War371Index of Defined Words and Phrases393
