Second Indochina War

(HISTORY-VIETNAM, LAOS, CAMBODIA, USA) War between Communist forces native to the region and anti-Communists from several countries. Waged 1955 to 1975; ended in complete Communist victory. Probably 2.5 to 3.5 million people were killed, mostly in Vietnam, but also in Cambodia (1968-1975) and Laos (1953-1965).

US forces sent to prop up totally artificial "republic" in the south of Vietnam; helped Ngo Dinh Diem fake elections and suppress the population until he tried to cram Catholicism down throats of the Buddhist majority. Killed during coup d'etat 3 weeks before Kennedy assassinated. Military junta ran South Vietnam until it was defeated by the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN). The US military referred to the PAVN as the North Vietnamese Army (NVA), and resistence in South Vietnam itself as "Viet Cong."

In Cambodia, war crept across the border as a result of Ho Chi Minh Trail; ruler, Norodim Sihanouk, tried to contain it through negotiation but in 1970 overthrown by a CIA coup; military junta totally useless and Khmer Communist Party formed an alliance with supporters of the monarchy (GRUNK). Named "Khmer Rouge" by Sihanouk before 1970.

In Laos, pitted Pathet Lao (Communist) against Royal Lao Army. RLA extremely poor, and Western assistance was much less than that of Communist Vietnam. Heavy US bombing there & in Cambodia.

The collapse of South Vietnam in early '75 allowed a total rout of the anti-Communist forces in Indochina.

At the time, journalists tended to speak of the Second Indochina War as three different civil wars, but in reality it was three local movements fighting a foreign occupation (and local collaborators). After the war, a third conflict erupted between Cambodia and Vietnam; the rulers of Cambodia, the Khmer Rouge, murdered an unknown but enormous number of their own people, then were crushed when they went to war with Vietnam.

Laos, tragically, remains horribly affected by huge numbers of unexploded mines.

by Primus Intra Pares July 21, 2010

IM 5 second rule

Waiting five seconds to reply to someone to give the impression that you haven't been waiting for their reply

Tom: Why haven't you replied to her already

Tim: IM 5 second rule

Tom: Oh so she doesn't think you're obsessed with her.

by Someone1234567891011121314 June 20, 2009

Secret Smoker

Someone who decries smoking during the day, but at night loves nothing more than a nice menthol.

Kim was a classic Secret Smoker. She would lecture her kids about the evils of smoking all day but, come 2 am, she would sneak behind the garage and relax with a nice cigarette.

by Brett Burkhardt April 27, 2008

Secret shitter

A public bathroom that is accessible but well-hidden; a primo location for uninterrupted pooping.

"Dude, there's a secret shitter in the basement of McKeldin Library! I violently diarrhea'd all OVER that thing and nobody ever knew!"

by Henry Stockton April 25, 2010

Peicai Secondary School

Everytime toilet will be fruity fruity one then sec ones alw step big one

Apparently the school is a zoo too with the amount of snakes there are and also donkeys
There are multiple vegetables too such as onions but they’re of bad qualities and often smell bad and rotten

Person : Eh you from peicai secondary school ah
You : Yes why eh
Person : gg peicai xiasuey

by jikenoodels August 21, 2021

sloppy split seconds

The act of having sex with a woman soon after 2 previous partners has had sex with her. Traditionally used in relation to more than one man double penetrating or having vaginal intercourse and/or anal intercourse with a woman within a short period of time. The implied scenario is that after a period of intercourse, the first 2 males ejaculates, depositing semen in the vagina and/or bootyhole, and then withdraws, followed immediately by a 3rd male who engages in intercourse with the same woman, making it more sloppier and faster. 3 men running a train on a woman can also qualify as sloppy split seconds.

I go first because I hate sloppy seconds, especially sloppy split seconds.

by Mr. Terrence L. Trezvant March 28, 2009

Rose Bay Secondary

shitty school where teachers get fired for feeding kids murcury (shout out to miss bonin). and where staff only care if your wearing the correct school uniform or not. let’s not forget about they alleyway right next door that’s perfect for the stoners to have a quick sesh :)

Ah yeah some rose bay secondary kids were out by the alley again smoking weed.

by ehishvisbg September 4, 2019