boucherie

Cajun term for a party distinguished by consumption of mass quantities of food, beer, soft drinks and hard liquor (as opposed to "soft liquor" like Southern Comfort which the women will drink in their part of the boucherie). The behavior at boucheries is generally inebriate but friendly, because the cars parked outside boucheries are generally full of guns, which tend to make most civilized people really polite. Music ranges from traditional Cajun accordion and vocals to zydeco, to more popular country and rock music. Generally, the succinct description of a boucherie after the fact is "A good time was had by all."
"Goin' have us a boucherie this Sunday, burn a sucklin' pig over a slow fire, boil us some crabs and crawfish, tap a keg, basically get all retarded... you comin?"
by Cajun Scientist March 05, 2013
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go-pills

Drugs issued by the military to enable soldiers and pilots to remain awake for extended periods (>24 hours). Includes new stimulants such as modafinil (ProVigil) as well as the traditional sympathomimetic amines (the amphetamines and their derivatives).
"Had to go to the medic and draw some go-pills 'cause we're doin' CONOPS all night into the morning, and no time for a combat nap."
by Cajun Scientist June 23, 2009
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fils-putain

Pronounced "fit-putain" (roughly)

Literally "son of a whore," closer to "son of a bitch" in Cajun French. Means what you'd expect it to mean.
"Look, you little fils-putain, you keyed my car and your ass is mine!"
by Cajun Scientist March 05, 2010
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jump the broom

"Jumping the broom" is an informal marriage or "partnership." It comes from peasant or gypsy marriages before the idea of a "civil marriage" (going before a justice of the peace to vow marriage oaths) came about in Britain with the Marriage Act 1836 - as an alternative to a church marriage.

The concept started in France as <i>mariage sur le croix d'un epee</i> ("marriage on the cross of a sword") which a maudit anglais (Englishman) translated from a French book as "leaping over a broomstick." The original concept comes from ancient military weddings - when a soldier marries one of the women who hung around soldiers back in the day:
"A sword being laid down on the ground, the parties to be married joined hands, when the corporal or serjeant of the, company repeated these words: <b>Leap rogue, and jump whore, And then you are married for evermore.</b> Whereupon the happy couple jumped hand in hand over the sword, the drum beating a ruffle; and the parties were ever after considered as man and wife."
My old Cajun stepdad took me aside after I brought the girl I just proposed marriage to home to meet him and Mama, and asked "You can't just go jump the broom?", so I'm here to tell you this expression is for real and old farts like him were still using it.
My old Cajun stepdad took me aside after I brought the girl I just proposed marriage to home to meet him and Mama, and asked "You can't just go jump the broom?"
by Cajun Scientist November 27, 2015
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cuillon

Cajun French for "little asshole." pronounced "kool-yaw." Denotes a dick, a pendejo, jerk, a truly malignant asshole. Conveys deep contempt.
That maudit anglais math teacher who does mid-week pop quizzes is a real cuillon!
by Cajun Scientist February 26, 2010
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Thunderball

The best James Bond film ever made. Features a underwater speargun and knife fight between a bunch of US Navy frogmen and the bad guys in SCUBA gear. Begins well, too, with a one of the bad guys nerve gassing the other people on a nuclear bomber so the eeeevil genius can swipe an H-bomb.
I watched Thunderball on the late show last night... Sean Connery not a senile old fart... amazing.
by Cajun Scientist June 22, 2009
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conops

(1) CONtinuous OPerationS - military operations which require operators to remain alert for more than twenty-four hours; often requires the use of ProVigil or other stimulants (go-pills) to enable optimum function of operators throughout the span of the operation.

(2) CONcept of OPerationS - the description of how and why any project is undertaken.
(1) "pulling CONOPS sucks after a while... you get the red-eye, the go-pills screw with your appetite... be glad when I rotate back to the world.... "

(2) "The CONOPS on this deal is very clear - highly discrete, no chance of mission creep."
by Cajun Scientist June 23, 2009
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