MAC-Gyver's definitions

Flash

British slang for fancy or expensive-looking.

"That's a flash fawney ya got mate. It'd be a shame if I ha' tae break yer finger af tae get it."

by MAC-Gyver May 27, 2003

fawney

Slang for a ring. Derived from the feudal ritual in which supplicants and inferiors would kiss a lord's ring when 'fawning' or 'kissing up' to him.

"That's a flash fawney, Jimmy. It would be a shame ef I had tae break the finger af to get it. Now 'and it over like a good chap and ye'll come to no 'arm."

by MAC-Gyver May 27, 2003

Blind Pig

Canadian military slang dating back to World War I, for a mortar round or an aircraft 'iron' bomb, especially a heavy large-bore one. Derived from its weight and size, like a large pig.

"We were crossing the plain in open formation when the enemy brought smoke -- 'blind pigs' and rainmakers.

by MAC-Gyver May 27, 2003

smoke

A military slang term for artillery. To 'bring smoke' = order an artillery strike. 'Chief of Smoke' = senior sergeant in an artillery unit.

The FO read the coordinates carefully into the radio's handset. Bringing smoke was a difficult job; one wrong syllable and a shell could land among the friendlies.

by MAC-Gyver May 27, 2003

Ray-Ban Bandit

1) American military slang for adolescent hit-and-run thieves in occupied countries who grab anything not well-secured or well-guarded. The most common item stolen are soldier's sunglasses (like Ray-Bans and Gargoyles, thus the term.
By extension, the term is also used for adolescent refugees and beggars.

"The locals have a trick where they leave a string of Ray-Ban Bandits by the convoy routes to beg for food or steal anything that falls off the trucks. Then they beat the poor starving bastards and take the stuff away from them so they can sell it on the black market..."

by MAC-Gyver May 27, 2003

rainmaker

Military slang for a multiple-barreled rocket artillery launcher like the MLRS or the Soviet 'Katusha'.

"You could even hear the shrieking of the battery's 'rainmakers' inside the thick hull of the tank."

by MAC-Gyver May 27, 2003

believer

Military slang for a corpse.

A string of 'believers' lay inside the belly of the transport plane, ready to fly home.

by MAC-Gyver May 27, 2003