Klinger was a character from the television show
M*A*S*H Klinger was the rank of corpral and was drafted in the army as were most other characters. While most desperately wished they could go home Klinger took it a step further and dressed like a woman, he wanted his commanding officers (
col.
Blake or col. Potter) to think he was
crazy and give him a discharge. Klinger along with cross dressing tried other wacky things to get out of the army such as eating a jeep and trying to
trick col. Potter into thinking his brothers were killed in an explosion at the Toledo Harmonica Factory. Describing someone as a Klinger is someone who uses the most ridiculous excuses to cancel plans or leave class or
work.