Bucket of Muzzle Blast

Among artillerymen, a nonexistent item used to trick rookies. It is commonly used to send rookies on a wild goose chase. (Muzzle blast is the burst of smoke and fire that erupts from the muzzle when a shell is fired.)

"Private, go to the supply sergeant and see if he can find you a bucket of muzzle blast."

by Tom from the Shore November 19, 2007

Zamboon

Slang term for a Zambian soldier. The term originated in the 1970s with White mercenaries in the region of Zambia, Rhodesia, Botswana, South Africa.

The Zamboons were trading mortar fire with Botswana.

by Tom from the Shore November 12, 2007

O Gauge

A size of toy or model electric train. O is the size, and gauge refers to the distance between the outer rails. The gauge of the O train is 1 and 1/4 inches. The most prolific maker was Lionel. O gauge also refers to the basic curve of Lionel trains, that being 31 inches in diameter.

We have an O gauge model railway in the basement.

Lionel makes O Gauge, which is larger than H.O.

by Tom from the Shore December 12, 2007

High angle primers

Field artillery slang. High angle primers are a nonexistent item that is used to trick rookies. Often used to send unsuspecting rookies on a wild goose chase.(Regular artillery primers work at low and high angles, so there is no high-angle version of them).

"Go down to the motor pool and ask Sergeant Williams for some high angle primers."

by Tom from the Shore November 19, 2007

Australian babysitter

A bartender. So called because Australians gets so drunk that the bartender feels more like a babysitter.

Jimmy is the Australian babysitter at Mickey's Pub.

Joe had a side job as Australian babysitter at a gin mill

by Tom from the Shore September 14, 2012

Australian Intellectual

A drunk. So called because Australians have a well-deserved reputation for excessive drinking. It is one of the few things at which they excel, probably because most of them are of Irish or Scottish ancestry.

Benny used to be okay, but since he's been hitting the sauce he has become a real Australian intellectual.

by Tom from the Shore April 02, 2008

H.O.

1) A specific type of model electric train. Known both as H.O. scale and H.O. gauge. The letters come from "Half-O", since H.O. was originally half the size of an O gauge train. The scale of H.O. is 1/67, and its gauge is 16.5mm. H.O. trains are the most popular size in the world.

2) the scale of H.O. trains, which is 1/87. It can eb applied to trains, minitaure figures, or model kits.

1) Jimmy has a set of H.O. trains running in his basement.

The Hobby Shop carries H.O. trains

2) Are those model plains 1/72 or H.O. scale?

This diorama is done to a precise H.O. scale.

by Tom from the Shore December 12, 2007