Bushwick Arms

Arms covered in random doodle tattoos. Common among women in Bushwick, Brooklyn.

That woman we just passed on the street has a ton of tattoos on her arms and shoulders. Yes, she has Bushwick arms.

by Big Brig January 30, 2025

Bushwick Arms

Arms covered in random doodle tattoos. Common among women in Bushwick, Brooklyn.

That woman we just passed on the street has a ton of tattoos on her arms and shoulders. Yes, she has Bushwick arms.

by Big Brig January 30, 2025

Bushwick Arms

Arms covered in random doodle tattoos. Common among women in Bushwick, Brooklyn.

That woman we just passed on the street has a ton of tattoos on her arms and shoulders. Yes, she has Bushwick arms.

by Big Brig January 30, 2025

Bushwick Arms

Arms and shoulders covered in random doodle tattoos. Common among women in Bushwick, Brooklyn

That girl we just passed on the street has a ton of small tattoos everywhere! Yes, she has Bushwick arms.

by Big Brig January 30, 2025

Composite Armor

Armor constructed from multiple layers of different materials (ceramics, metals, plastics, fibers like Kevlar or UHMWPE) bonded together to achieve synergistic defensive properties greater than any single component. It works on the "layered defense" principle: a hard ceramic outer layer shatters and blunts a projectile, a fibrous middle layer catches the fragments and absorbs energy through deformation, and a tough backing plate stops any final penetration. It's lightweight, modular, and highly effective against a range of threats.

Example: The body armor plates worn by modern soldiers are Composite Armor, typically a ceramic strike face (like boron carbide) backed by ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene fibers. The armor on a main battle tank, like Chobham armor, is a more complex composite of ceramics, metals, and air gaps designed to defeat shaped-charge jets.

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal February 3, 2026

Swiss army knife

In sports, an athlete that has a versatile skill set and can play multiple roles on a team.

Gabby Williams is the Seattle Storm’s swiss army knife.

by mynameisnotheather February 25, 2026

The armed struggle

The armed struggle was the guerrilla and sabotage campaign against apartheid after peaceful resistance failed post-Sharpeville (1960). It ended with suspensions in the early 1990s as talks led to democracy.

- **Poqo / APLA**: PAC's armed wing. Poqo (1961, "pure" in Xhosa) launched aggressive attacks targeting whites, police, and perceived collaborators — often civilians — with little regard for loss of life. Renamed APLA (1968), it continued into the 1990s with "soft-target" operations (civilian whites, public places) seen as payback for colonial oppression. Critics called it indiscriminate; supporters viewed it as total war on the system.

- **uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK)**: ANC's military wing (1961). Focused mainly on government/infrastructure targets (power stations, railways, police stations) to avoid civilian casualties early on, though some ops caused unintended deaths. More strategic and multi-racial approach. Suspended 1990, fully disbanded December 1993.

Poqo/APLA's approach was uncompromising and accepted higher civilian tolls as part of revolutionary justice; MK aimed to limit civilian harm while hitting the apartheid state hard.

"Back in the day, the armed struggle was real — MK hit the power stations while Poqo and APLA went straight for the “soft targets”

by Plot Master March 17, 2026