VOCAB wars

[Aurielius]

Detox- or what I will have to do upon my return. The Brits drink like fishes even worse than some marines I've spent time with. Thought I'd check in while I had access to a pc,

[Tidus44]

didapper; someone who disappears for a time and suddenly reappears.

 

Apparently the trip is going well. Seem to have fallen in with a good group.

[Tidus44]

Elderly man with chest pains today. My PCP looks after him so I focus on the wife who is a bit frantic. The ambulance arrives and as my PCP briefs the Paras, they are both very condescending and rude with comments like, "Well, you tried very hard and did your best." as he gives a report to them. My PCP completes his report with, "Two to transport".

The Para driver pipes up and says he can't take passengers. My Branchman who has been getting angrier and angrier with the two Paras and their attitude says, "Did that sound like a question or a request to you Cap?". The 5'5", 190 pound ambulance puke looks at my Branch, 6'4" and 245 ugly pounds with his very angry face, and then at me, and I say, "Didn't sound like it to me."

The lady got to ride to the hospital holding the hand of her husband of 48 years instead of having to take a cab.

 

Back in the apparatus going back to the hall, the Branchman asks if I'd have been upset if he'd wrung the slubberdegullion's neck. I like learning new words, and I don't think I'd have been all that upset.

 

slubberdegullion; a sloven, a villain, a fiend, a louse.

[Tidus44]

Engaged in some espieglerie (playful behaviour; mischief, practical joke) today. One of the department mechanics is a biker (and looks like one) and rode his big Harley into work today. Had a call late in the morning and noticed the Dollar Store in the mall nearby, so I went in and got some stickers (the plastic, electrostatic kind), a pink and white basket, pink and white and red handlebar streamers and other bicycle accessories all with the Hello Kitty or Barbie theme.

Spent 20 minutes installing everything onto the mechanics Harley and his helmet (left on the seat) at the back of the Hall.

 

He came out at 4:45 to go home and took a look at his bike and started laughing so hard he actually had to sit down on the curb. Crazy SOB didn't take a thing off the bike and rode home with it decorated.

[Tidus44]

I cannot imagine another word that has definitions that are as wide as albedo. It is either;

 

The fraction of the total light striking a surface that gets reflected from that surface. An object that has a high albedo (near 1) is very bright; an object that has a low albedo (near 0) is dark. The Earth's albedo is about 0.37. The Moon's is about 0.12.

 

The probability that a neutron passing through a surface will return through that surface

 

The spongy white tissue on the inside of the rind of citrus fruit.

[Aurielius]

Centurion
An aviator who has made 100 shipboard landings on one carrier....and they give you a patch..slightly more coveted than a Steam Achievement... :wink:

[Tidus44]

Centurion; a metal stand with a playpipe and siamese connection manufactured by the Santa Rosa fire equipment company to allow a master stream to be set up and left unmanned. Went out of favor with the advent of deck and deluge guns.

 

Funny how almost all equipment has names like centurion, sabre, knight, combat, rapier, excaliber, cavalier, etc. I suppose if they called it scooty puff fire equipment no one would buy it though.

[Aurielius]

sobriquet- nickname, sometimes assumed, but often given by another. It is usually a familiar name.

[Tidus44]

But somethimes nicknames are a charientism - an artfully veiled insult.

[Aurielius]

But somethimes nicknames are a charientism - an artfully veiled insult.

Hinge Head-Slang term for LCDR's. Legend has it that whenever a lieutenant makes lieutenant commander, he is given a lobotomy and half his brain is removed. A hinge is then installed so the brain may be reinstalled later....unless of course he is promoted.