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A term used within the UK Armed Forces to describe a civilian. This is the correct way to spell it however many people without an education spell the word as "civvie" when in fact, that this is the plural spelling for the word.
Just signed off and gotta wait 12 months til i'm a civi

That dirty civi just cut in front of me at the bar

Plural of civi = civvies
Civi by decanus-is-a-civi August 3, 2017
Words you can keep
Northwest slang for All things cool or chill
Him: how was work ?
Her: it was civi , manager was off today.

Or

"Aye, no fighting in my house, keep it civi"
civi by LifeOnMars February 1, 2015

Civi-street

Meaning life outside the Navy as many of the naval recruits are living on base & out at sea. Once they get back to the real world they call it civi street. Civilian life.
"Just got back today eh?"
"Yeah going straight back into Civi-street"
"haha sucked in"

Civilisation 

The social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organisation; a society in an advanced state of social development ; the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste.
Refined dining is said by some to be the epitome of civilisation and then there's McDonalds.
Civilisation by AKACroatalin April 13, 2015

Civilization II 

A classic turn-based strategy game created by Sid Meier. Endorsed by world leaders like Vlad Putin, George Bush and Saddam. Still modded and played by a small, Illuminati-like online cabal. True believers consider CIV2 the best of the series. Back in the glory days, CIV2 was as infamous as Morrowind for robbing players of whole days, weeks and months of their lives.
Civilization II player's chant: "Just...One...More...Turn!"
Civilization II by Curt Sibling February 25, 2010

Civil Affairs 

A part of the United States Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command that specializes in a wide variety of military missions and operations to include:
1. Jumping out of planes
2. Preparing to jump out of planes
3. Riding in planes, preparing to jump out of planes, but then landing again
4. Giving toys to orphans for the opportunity to jump out of planes
5. Constantly talking about jumping out of planes
6. Bragging about (insert country here) jump wings
7. Saying things like "dirty leg", "when I was with group..." and "back with division we always..."

In addition to these tasks, Civil Affairs soldiers sometimes (rarely) train in and undertake Civil Military Operations, to include assisting combatant commanders in their interactions with the local populace, acting as a liaison between military and other US Government entities, members of the international community and NGOs, in order to ensure a whole of government approach to military operations and civilian interactions.
Dude: Man I'm so excited, my Civil Affairs unit has battle assembly this weekend!
Bro: Cool! What are you going to do!
Dude: Jump out of planes!

Dude: So we're going to jump into the objective.
Bro: Uh, but we're Civil Affairs, can't we just drive there?
Dude: You dirty leg, back when I was with the eighty-deuce we always jumped!
Bro: But this isn't even a war zone... we're staying in a hotel... and have rental cars...

Dude: This year's Civil Affairs training schedule includes 24 jumps
Bro: When are we going to practices our specialized tasks that we've f*cked up repeatedly in Iraq and Afghanistan due to lack of training and familiarity?
Dude: Ain't nobody got time for that. When I was with group....
Civil Affairs by CASARGE May 6, 2013

civilian national security force 

A president's personal gestapo or stasi-like police force, used to intimidate the populace in general and terrorize opponents.
To my astonishment, the president actually said: "We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."
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