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HMForces - Military and Naval Acronyms and Slang
Category: Military and Defence > Naval Acronyms and Slang
Date & country: 10/08/2011, UK
Words: 467
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Sods opera[Naval Acronyms and Slang] A show put on by soliders or sailors to entertain themselves
Soup Jockey[Naval Acronyms and Slang] Officers steward or ward room attendant (RN)
SP[Naval Acronyms and Slang] Self Propelled or Start Point
Spit and polish parade[Naval Acronyms and Slang] Parade inspection by CO or an ACO
Sprog[Naval Acronyms and Slang] A recruit or someone who has newly passed out and is new to a unit
Sqn[Naval Acronyms and Slang] Squadron
Squaddie[Naval Acronyms and Slang] Slang Word For A Soldier
Squaddie shuffle[Naval Acronyms and Slang] A dance that only soldiers know, often done in the NaaFI and not in public
Square bashing[Naval Acronyms and Slang] (marching) drill on the square or parade ground
SSM[Naval Acronyms and Slang] Surface to Surface Missile
SSVC[Naval Acronyms and Slang] Services Sound and Vision Corporation
Stab[Naval Acronyms and Slang] Stupid Territorial Army B**tard. Offensive
Staffy[Naval Acronyms and Slang] Staff Sergeant
Stagging On[Naval Acronyms and Slang] On Guard Duty
Steffi Graf[Naval Acronyms and Slang] Leyland Daf 4 Tonner lorry
Stick Man[Naval Acronyms and Slang] RSM
STOL[Naval Acronyms and Slang] Short Take Off and Landing
Stripey[Naval Acronyms and Slang] Sergeant
TA[Naval Acronyms and Slang] Territorial Army
TAB[Naval Acronyms and Slang] Tactical Advance to Battle: typically a long march with weight and wearing your boots
Tac[Naval Acronyms and Slang] Tactical
Taxi-driver[Naval Acronyms and Slang] instructor at a school of air navigation (RAF)
TBT[Naval Acronyms and Slang] Tank Bridge Transporter
TCP[Naval Acronyms and Slang] Traffic Control Post
TCV[Naval Acronyms and Slang] Troop Carrying Vehicle
Teeny Weeny Airways[Naval Acronyms and Slang] Army Air Corps
Tgt[Naval Acronyms and Slang] Target
Tin basher[Naval Acronyms and Slang] metal worker (RAF)
Tk[Naval Acronyms and Slang] Tank
TMA[Naval Acronyms and Slang] Troop Manoeuvre Area
To Chance One’s Arm[Naval Acronyms and Slang] To take a risk (RN)
To Chew the Fat[Naval Acronyms and Slang] To have a chat or to talk a lot (RN)
Toms[Naval Acronyms and Slang] Young soldiers
TOT[Naval Acronyms and Slang] Time On Target
Tp[Naval Acronyms and Slang] Troop
Tpt[Naval Acronyms and Slang] Transport
Troopy[Naval Acronyms and Slang] Troop Leader
Tubes[Naval Acronyms and Slang] Mortars
Turn up the wick[Naval Acronyms and Slang] Open the throttle
Uckers[Naval Acronyms and Slang] A game loosely based on ludo (RN)
UKMF[Naval Acronyms and Slang] United Kingdom Mobile Force
Umbrella[Naval Acronyms and Slang] parachute UNPROFOR â€` United Nations Protection Force Unclass â€` Unclassified
UNPROFOR[Naval Acronyms and Slang] United Nations Protection Force
UXB[Naval Acronyms and Slang] Unexploded Bomb
VCP[Naval Acronyms and Slang] Vehicle Check Point
Veh[Naval Acronyms and Slang] Vehicle
Visiting card[Naval Acronyms and Slang] bomb (RAF)
VP[Naval Acronyms and Slang] Voice Procedure
Wardroom[Naval Acronyms and Slang] Officers mess on board ship or in a naval establishment (RN)
Weather guesser[Naval Acronyms and Slang] The met officer on board ship, also known as Professor Fog (RN)
Wedges[Naval Acronyms and Slang] Royal Engineers
Willy Wocker[Naval Acronyms and Slang] Chinook Helicopter
WIMP[Naval Acronyms and Slang] Whinging Incompetent Malingering Person
Winger[Naval Acronyms and Slang] A close friend (RN)
Wooden Tops[Naval Acronyms and Slang] Brigade of Guards
Woofers[Naval Acronyms and Slang] Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters
Wooly pully[Naval Acronyms and Slang] The green issue jumper
WREN[Naval Acronyms and Slang] A female sailor
WREN Repellent[Naval Acronyms and Slang] Aftershave (shame, mockery!)
WRVS[Naval Acronyms and Slang] Women’s Royal Voluntary Service
Yaffle[Naval Acronyms and Slang] To eat (RN)
Yaffling Spanners[Naval Acronyms and Slang] Knife, Fork & Spoon
Yellow peril[Naval Acronyms and Slang] training aircraft (RAF)
Yomp[Naval Acronyms and Slang] To force march with a heavy load
Yoyo[Naval Acronyms and Slang] A young officer in training (RN)
Zeds[Naval Acronyms and Slang] To get some sleep
Zulu[Naval Acronyms and Slang] Greenwich meantime, also Z company, 45 Commando Royal Marines (RN)
