Definitions by mac-gyver

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.

Blind Pig 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."

rainmaker by MAC-Gyver May 27, 2003

jailbait 

1) An underage girl. From the punishment for statutory rape (i.e., consensual sex with a minor or mental defective being considered technically illegal if not in poor taste) being a felony charge that carries prison time.
2) A juvenile delinquent or repeat offender, from their taste for getting into trouble, their constant trips to prison, and the fate of the silly bastards when they get there.

1) The rule with jailbait is that 16 will get you 20.
2) "Jake got sent up for dealing crack to schoolkids again? Man, that dumbass jailbait thrustbucket must like prison food and free orange jumpsuits."

jailbait 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.

believer by MAC-Gyver May 27, 2003

reeb 

A Cockney backwards slang term for beer.

"A pint of reeb, and be nippy!"

reeb by MAC-Gyver May 27, 2003

daisies 

1) American slang (circa 1990s) for a pair of tight, short-cut blue-jean shorts worn by women to emphisize their legs and buttocks. Eponymously derived from the clothing worn by the character Daisy Duke on the popular(?)80s hicksplotation show _The Dukes of Hazzard_.
2) British rhyming slang for shoes. Derived from boots (shoes)= daisy roots, shortened to daisies.

1) "Man, those daisies are so tight on her ass they must've been painted on."
2) "Check out the flash daisies I got. I found 'em in the tube on a dead buskerwho was lying next to a broken guitar and a sheaf a' sheetmusic labeled 'The Best of Stryper'..."

daisies by MAC-Gyver May 27, 2003

All hat and no cattle

A slang phrase from the Southwestern United States, indicating a person is more image or projection than actual substance.
It is probably derived from the region's contempt for people who are not cowboys or ranchers but who try to mimic the frontiersman image through superficial adoption of the region's folkways.

President Bush's new tax plan is supposed to help the struggling middle class and revitalize the stock market. However, closer analysis reveals that he's just all hat and no cattle.

All hat and no cattle by MAC-Gyver May 27, 2003