Speedog's definitions

To Protect and To Serve

Phrase: the motto of the Los Angeles Police Department.

'Displayed prominently on all LAPD vehicles is the phrase: To Protect and To Serve".

by speedog May 3, 2010

V-2

Noun (abbreviation): a sub-orbital, intermediate range ballistic missile carrying an explosive warhead, officially known (in German) as "Vergeltungswaffe 2" (Eng. trans: "Vengeance weapon 2"), deployed by Nazi Germany against Britain and other Allied European nations beginning in September of 1944, and continuing until the cessation of its production in March, 1945.

"The V-2 was Hitler's last hope to stave off defeat, but his scientists were unable to develop a nuclear warhead which could be delivered to London, or multiple rocket staqes which could have placed Washington, D.C. within reach of the weapon."

by speedog June 14, 2010

godly whore

Noun: an ostensibly sanctimonious female whose personal sexual behavior contrasts with her moralistic pretensions.

“Karen is such a godly whore; she rags on the rest of the cheerleading squad, but she laid most of the football team.”

by Speedog November 14, 2009

striper

Noun: nickname for a striped bass (Morone saxatilis), a game fish which frequents the Eastern shore regions of the United States and Canada.

Chuck almost lost the striper on his surf line, but nearby fishermen helped him land it.

by speedog June 13, 2010

anger

Noun (usually military term): an officially recognized state of hostility or war between two or more belligerents; often expressed as the phrase "in anger", now commonly used to describe any state of conflict between opposing parties.

As of the current date, the United States remains the only nation ever to have used atomic weapons in anger, against the Japanese Empire in August 1945, in order to bring an end to Japanese resistance during World War II.

by speedog July 21, 2010

slight the colors

Phrase (military parlance): to deliberately present a captured enemy flag or banner in an insulting manner, most usually by inclining the supporting staff downwards so that the flag or banner itself touches the ground.

Following the surrender of the German Sixth Army at Stalingrad, the order was given by General Zhukov to slight the colors of the defeated German forces.

by speedog July 7, 2010

opposite number

Name: an individual equal in authority, status and capability to ones' self, yet in the employ of a directly rival organization.

After the fall of the Berlin Wall, Agent Smith from the CIA finally met his opposite number in the KGB.

by speedog June 20, 2010