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This modern slang is commonly used in the younger generation's teenspeak in Vietnam. This recent slang is mostly pure Vietnamese, and almost all the words are homonyms or some form of wordplay. Some slang words may include profanity swear words or just a play on words.
Da Nang, Vietnam.A young Marine private waits on the beach during a marine landing, August 3, 1965.. The term "fucking new guy" (FNG) is a derogatory term, made popular within combatants, military chaplains, and combat medics of the U.S. Army and the U.S. Marine Corps deployed to South East Asia during the Vietnam War, usually to refer to newcomers.
Military slang is a colloquial language used by and associated with members of various military forces. This page lists slang words or phrases that originate with military forces, are used exclusively by military personnel or are strongly associated with military organizations.
The "Mere Gook Rule" (MGR) was a controversial name that U.S. soldiers in the Vietnam War had for what they claim was an unofficial policy under which soldiers would be prosecuted very leniently, if at all, for harming or killing "gooks" – a commonly-used derogatory slang term for the Vietnamese – even if the victims turned out to be civilians with no connection to the Viet Cong or to the ...
Gook (/ ˈ ɡ uː k / or / ˈ ɡ ʊ k /) is a derogatory term for people of East and Southeast Asian descent. [1] Its origin is unclear, but it may have originated among U.S. Marines during the Philippine–American War (1899–1913).
Born right smack on the cusp of millennial and Gen Z years (ahem, 1996), I grew up both enjoying the wonders of a digital-free world—collecting snail shells in my pocket and scraping knees on my ...
Hooch or hootch, Korean War and Vietnam War slang for a thatched hut or improvised living space (e.g., inside a sand-bagged bunker or improved "foxhole") Hootch, military slang for tarpaulin Topics referred to by the same term
Other political extremist groups aside from the red bull include the "yellow bull" or "yellow cow", which describe the extreme opposition group of red bull, who anti-communists or held a revisionist view of the defunct South Vietnam. [1] [4] The slang was inspired by the South Vietnam flag and its yellow background. [citation needed]