Absolutely badasses is what they think of themself. In reality they are 5’4” and 102 pounds who barely bench the 45 pound bar. Half of the kids are using the program as a last chance to make friends and the other half are using it to get into military because they are too dumb to get into college. They all are the most patriotic kids on campus and act like they fought wars for the US.

A phrase to describe someone who is cognitively degenerating. Synonym of "going off the deep end". Can have varying degrees of severity.

Reference to the song "Hey You" by Pink Floyd. The line "and the worms ate into his brain" makes no sense in an otherwise linear and literal narration throughout the lyrics.