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Acronym for Korean Augmentation To the US

KATUSAs are technically in Republic Of Korea Army (ROK Army), but detached to US army in Korea.

They live in US Army bases and spend most of their military service time with US soldiers.

They usually have their own military occupational specialty like American soldiers and also translate Korean into English and vice versa when doing combined field training with ROK Army.

Every man in Korea has to serve in the military for 21 months. Because it is needed to get high english test score to apply KATUSA, KATUSAs are almost all college students and highly educated.

They get promoted much faster than american soldiers to sergeant which is their final rank before ETS, but paid much less than US army soldiers because ROK government doesn't pay much to their mandatory military service members.

They contribute and encourage to mutual relationship between ROK army and US army.
All NCOs, soldiers, KATUSAs, and families, I appericate your service and sacrifices

We need a KATUSA to translate this
KATUSA by Heapsort January 30, 2017
Words you can keep
Unwilling conscripted slaves

Who make less than pv2
Most Accurate definition from current katusa who serve in humpreys
KATUSA by 7hanz May 4, 2020
Related Words
katusa Katjuša katua Katussy kausar Katsap Katurah Kausan KabuSasu Kadusa
Acronym for "Korean Augmentee to the US Army"

Usually highly underpaid shammers who somehow manage to get more done in less time than a Chinese sweatshop worker.

Notorious for only knowing minimal spoken English, with the exception of "lunch time," "Pass", and "fall out"

Because all able Korean man between the age of 18 and 31 have to serve mandatory military service for the country, being beaten, abused, and starved for two years, applying for a KATUSA service is highly desirable and those who pass the test are highly envied, and thus treated like a public enemy.
"Those fucking KATUSAs disappeared again!"
"I'll bring my KATUSA over to translate this shit."
"It's okay my KATUSA will clean it up."
"Ask the KATUSA to call the local steak house to find out the time."
katusa by Abe Jung September 15, 2006
I saw her katusa last night it was gnarly!
Katusa by Delaihla March 9, 2017
A person who is very hot and has the greatest personality ever! In hebrew Kausar means princess. There for you should treat her as if she was one! Kausar is also a very irresistable person.
She is soo hot...Kausar love u...hot...beautiful
A word used mainly by Ukrainians to refer to Russians in a negative tone. Originates from the word 'goat' (tsap), referring to the goatees once almost universally popular in Russia
I don't understand all those complaints from katsaps living in foreign countries - let them all return to their native Katsapstan!
Katsap by Connoisseur78 July 27, 2011
Був кацап, немає кацапа
Was katsap, and now there is no katsap.
Byv katsap, nemae katsapa
Katsap by IceyUA June 9, 2022
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Acronym, meaning Too Long Didn't Understand
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Sister: This meeting was to discuss the rough draft of my essay, where we discussed the subsidiary questions I added in my rough draft. We also discussed the relationship between my main title and the real-life situations I chose to use in my essay. We discussed the structure of my essay as well, specifically the Math AOK section and how it relates to the contradiction of the title. This second meeting was particularly helpful in discussing the implications of my essay claims and how to apply the title across various areas of knowledge. There were many sections of the essay that could have been cut down in wordiness and the ways of knowing required further and more in-depth analysis.

Me: Woah! TLDU!
TLDU by L-Evans January 14, 2019
Word of the Day on August 30, 2026
the act of having anonymous sexual encounters with other men in public toilets.
Cottaging by greeef April 24, 2003
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Salad Days 

green inexperienced youthful judgement and cold blooded execution of those judgements.

Rashness with little concern of consequence.

Antony and Cleopatra. William Shakespeare

"My salad days,
When I was green in judgment, cold in blood."

- William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, 1.5
"How did you end up in jail?"

"Salad days, 'nuf said."
Salad Days by GilbyRFC0 October 7, 2011
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