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Ben Brody

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U.S. Military Lingo: The (Almost) Definitive Guide

Wednesday, December 04, 2013

NPR

It's painful for U.S. soldiers to hear discussions and watch movies about modern wars when the dialogue is full of obsolete slang, like "chopper" and "GI."

Slang changes with the times, and the military is no different. Soldiers fighting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have developed an expansive new ...