If you are sad and describe yourself as "feeling blue," you are using a phrase coined from a custom among many old deepwater sailing ships. If the ship lost the captain or any of the officers during its voyage, she would fly blue flags and have a blue band painted along her entire hull when returning to home port.
July 12, 2011
Feeling Blue
If you are sad and describe yourself as "feeling blue," you are using a phrase coined from a custom among many old deepwater sailing ships. If the ship lost the captain or any of the officers during its voyage, she would fly blue flags and have a blue band painted along her entire hull when returning to home port.
July 08, 2011
Australia Military Jargon
I believe this terminology is very useful for military members and particularly to whom concern with Australia.TRI-SERVICE JARGON
Operational Zone - Sharp End
Support Zone - Blunt end
Recreation/Sport - Sportie (and Sporty)
To leave the Service - Pull the Pin
Morning Tea - Smoko/Stand Easy/Mornos
Dress / Clothing - Clobber / Rig / Civvies
Prepare barracks for an inspection - Panic
Corrective Training - CT / Additional Training
Parade Drill - Square Bashing
Confined to Barracks - Restriction of Privileges
Rumour -Furphy / Buzz
Trip or pleasant easy duty - Jolly / Swan
TRI-SERVICE PHRASES / IDIOMS
To become very angry - Spit the Dummy
To be charged with a legal offence - To be put on a fizzer /charged
To be paraded to the CO for misbehaviour - To be fronted/To be on the Mat
In Cells(Jail) - In the Clanger / Slotted/Boobed
Make a mistake - make a clanger
NAVAL JARGON AND ABBREVIATIONS
RANKS
Able Seaman - Able/AB
Leading Seaman - Leading hand/Kellick/Leader
Petty Officer - PO
Chief Petty Officer - Chief
Midshipman - Mid, Middy
Sub Lieutenant - Subbie
Lieutenant - Two-ringer
Lieutenant Commander - Two and a half
Commander and above - Brass Hat
POSITIONS
Captain - Skipper
Executive Officer - XO, Number One
First Lieutenant - Jimmy
Supply Officer - Pusser
Gunnery Officer - Guns
Engineering Officer - MEO / WEO
Seaman Officer or Seaman - Fish head
Navigator(Ships) - Pilot
Chief Coxswain - Swan
Doctor - Quack
Education Officer - Schoolie
Musician - Bandie
Naval Aviator - Birdie
Diver - Bublie
Sailor in the engineering trades - Stoker
Writer or clerk - Scribe
Electrical Sailor - Greenie
Army (Officers) - Pongos
(Soldiers) - Grunts
Reservists - Rockies
THE SHIP :
Floor - Deck
Officers’ Mess - Wardroom
Junior Sailor’s club - Wets
Entrance or “Bridge” from ship to wharf - Gangway or brow
Ceiling - Deckhead
Wall - Bulkhead
Room - Cabin
Bed - Bunk / Pit / Rack
Toilet - Heads
Kitchen - Galley
Hospital / First Aid - Sick Bay
Leaving Ship - Going ashore/Stepping
Returning to ship - Coming onboard
Go ashore without leave or desert - Jump Ship
Sailors for trial for legal crimes - Defaulters
National Flag - ANF / Jack
RAN Flag - White Ensign
0800hrs - Colours
Star work - Turn to
Meal -Scran
Cigarettes - Durries
Take afternoon off for personal care of
Clothing and kit - Make ‘n’ mend/makers
Washing clothes - Dhobying
Mate - Oppo
To be discharged from a ship or from Navy - Pay Off
ARMY JARGON AND ABBREVIATIONS
FORCES
Navy - Pussers
Army - Green Machine / Grunts
Air Force - Raafies
CORPS
Infantry - Grunts
Armour - Tankies / Turret Heads
Psychologists - Shrinks
Dentists - Fang Farriers
Medical - Medics
Chaplains - God Botherers
Transport - Truckies
Artillery - Drop Shorts / Gunners
Signals -Sparks / Sigs
Education - Chalkies
RAEME - Spanners
Legal - Legal Eagles / Legal Beagles
Military Police - Cherry Berets/ Meatheads
Engineers - Ginger Beers / Sappers
Intelligence - Spooks / Int
Rank:
Private - PTE/Dogger /Dig
Lance Corporal - LCPL / Lance Jack
Corporal - Corp / Bomber
Sergeant - SGT / Sarge
Staff Sergeant - SSGT/Staff
Warrant Officer/Class Two - WO2/SSM/CSM( Sar Major)
Second Lieutenant - 2 LT / Subby
Lieutenant - 2 LT/Subby
Captain - CPT
Major - MAJ
Lieutenat Colonel - LTCOL
Colonel -COL.Red Tab
Brigadier - BRIG / The Brig
Major General - MAJGEN / the General
Lieutenant General - LT GEN / The General
SPECIALIST TERMS
Helicopter - Chopper
Bush Hat - Giggle Hat
Green Woollen Jumper - Howard Green
Disrupted Patterned Camouflaged Uniforms -Cams /DPCU
Mess Dress - Mess Kit
Chevron -Hook (on NCO’s arm)
Absent Without Leave - AWOL
Hospital / Outpatients - RAP
Discharge - Pull the Pin
OR’s Club - Sportsmans Bar / Boozer
GENERAL ITEMS
Cigarette - Durrie
Cup of Tea / Coffee - Brew cuppa
Support units who seldom go bush - Pogoes Pogues
Bar Credit - Chit
Morning Tea - Mornos
½ price drinks - Happy Hour
Sport / Recreation - Sportie
Trip or easy task - Swan
Food - Tucker
RAAF JARGON and ABBREVIATIONS
RANK
Aircraftsman - AC
Aircraftswoman - ACW
Leading Aircraftsman - LAC
Leading Aircraftswoman - LACW
Corporal - CPL
Sergeant - SGT / Snake
Flight Sergeant - FSGT / Flight
Warrant Officer - WO / WOFF
Warrant Officer Disciplinary - WOD
Warrant Officer Engineer - WO Eng (ENG)]
Flying Officer - FLGOFF
Flight Lieutenant - FLTLT
Squadron Leader - SQNLD
Wing Commander - WGCDR / Wingco
Group Captain - GPCAPT
General Expressions
Ground Defence personnel - Ground defender / ADG
Fitters - Blackhand gang
Equipment / Supply - Box Packers
Carpenter - Chippy / Wood Butcher
Education - Edo
Transport - Truckies
Chaplain - Padre
RAAF Security Police - SECPOL /Spits/Screws
Electricians - Sparkies
Fighter pilots - knuckleheads / Knucks
Ground Crew - Erls
Air Crew - Fly boys
Transport pilot / Squadron - Trash Hauler
Very young officers of lowest rank - Bog Rats / Boggies
Mysterious problems in equipment - Gremlins
Long Journey
“All the events
That made me who I am today
Have made me a better person.
All the tears, smiles, laughter, and fights
Have always taken me
To a healthier, happier and content place to be.
I have learned along the way...
Everything happens for a reason,
And an excellent reason
Is just around the bend
Whether I can see it or not.
The road bends,
So I can't see all the great things that are to come.
I realize in writing this,
My strength to take charge of my life
Has come when I am at very low points.
I am now focusing on binding
That strength with my determination to make my life better.
My strong will and determination
Are a testament to my self-confidence.
I believe... It is getting closer...
Isn't it amazing how life works out to our advantage?
We just need to believe."
That made me who I am today
Have made me a better person.
All the tears, smiles, laughter, and fights
Have always taken me
To a healthier, happier and content place to be.
I have learned along the way...
Everything happens for a reason,
And an excellent reason
Is just around the bend
Whether I can see it or not.
The road bends,
So I can't see all the great things that are to come.
I realize in writing this,
My strength to take charge of my life
Has come when I am at very low points.
I am now focusing on binding
That strength with my determination to make my life better.
My strong will and determination
Are a testament to my self-confidence.
I believe... It is getting closer...
Isn't it amazing how life works out to our advantage?
We just need to believe."
Novice Blogger learns blogging
Anaesthesia
No pain is sensed in great agony
Surely such is not sought by any
Series of soreness are no longer
As overwhelming as they were
Due to prolonged period of pain
And endurance again and again
The fortified psyche will be conscious
Of the adversity which is so disastrous
That circumstance needs to be processed
In healthy mind and be judiciously assessed
Hence the very short journey won’t feel long
It’s tranquil life though the torment is lifelong
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