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DICTIONARY OF MILITARY TERMS

Glossary of terms and abbreviations known to apprentice soldiers

Originally published in 2001 under the title “Vernacular” this section was placed in temporary retirement in 2004 due to space limitations.

This situation has now been overcome and the pages are hereby republished in their entirety.

Grateful thanks to Arthur W. Cockerill (43B) for editing and adding to this original material.

This is an edited version of the abbreviations, words, phrases and slang reported on this site to date.

Editing means formalizing the entries and offering historical as well as source information.

This list is not subject to copyright.

Abbreviations used in the following lists:

abbr. abbreviation

ad. adoption

adj. adjective

cont. contraction

der. derived from

n noun

phr. phrase

v verb

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Published: 1^st August 2006