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Tommy Atkins (often just Tommy) is slang for a common soldier in the British Army, but many soldiers preferred the terms PBI (poor bloody infantry) [14] "P.B.I." was a pseudonym of a contributor to the First World War trench magazine The Wipers Times.
Average or not special. Sometimes used in a negative or insulting way. [95] mog To look significantly more attractive than someone or something, causing them to appear inferior in comparison. Derived from AMOG, or alpha male of the group. [96] [97] moot/moots Short for "mutuals" or "mutual followers". [98] [99]
According to Marine Corp lore, he said "Come on, you sons of bitches, do you want to live forever?" before a charge. [55] [56] The term's use as an insult is as old as that of bitch. Euphemistic terms are often substituted, such as gun in the phrase "son of a gun" as opposed to "son of a bitch", or "s.o.b." for the same phrase.
The sharp surge of N-word usage on X likely didn't make the platform feel any safer to Black users, either. What remains true, though: Black Twitter has forged an unbreakable community.
The meeting had originally been scheduled for 11 a.m., but it was moved to 8 p.m. after several committee members traveled to New York to attend the trial of former President Donald Trump.
Episode 1: "The G-Word." In the fall of 2019, reporter Faith E. Pinho received a tip from Paulina Stevens. Paulina said she had grown up in an insular Romani community in California, where she was ...
This is a list of acronyms, expressions, euphemisms, jargon, military slang, and sayings in common or formerly common use in the United States Marine Corps.Many of the words or phrases have varying levels of acceptance among different units or communities, and some also have varying levels of appropriateness (usually dependent on how senior the user is in rank [clarification needed]).
Insults can also be made unintentionally or in a playful way but could in some cases also have negative impacts and effects even when they were not intended to insult. Insults can have varying impacts, effects, and meanings depending on intent, use, recipient's understanding of the meaning, and intent behind the action or words, and social ...