Dick Skinners: Hands. Aboard a ship, it is a can with a hole in the lid, usually hung from the bulkhead near watch stations. Mad Shitter (AKA Phantom Shitter): A sailor who does not flush a toilet. Usually introduced by XO on the 1MC. Military personnel are known for their, ahem, colorful language, and the phrases below represent the most family-friendly, or PG, terms. Aviators say "Live by the gouge, excel by the gouge. May be used simply as a description of the sailor's background or as a pejorative depending on context. Shit Can Liner: Plastic bag to put in a shitcan. Sierra Hotel: Phonetic letters for SH, which stands for "Shit Hot." Uncle Sam's Canoe Club: The US Coast Guard. or a dirt sailor's sleeping bag. Meatball: (1) Fresnel Lens Optical Landing System, a visual landing aid used by naval aviators landing on a carrier. The edge of passing or failing at something, or ". ID10T: Idiot, pronounced "Eye-Dee-Ten-Tango." Named, due to its apparent high cholesterol content, for Mr. Barney Clark, who in 1982 received a "Jarvik" artificial heart. The term's roots in naval history explain why it's "Bravo Zulu" and not "Whiskey Delta" for "well done." Charlie Mike . Butt Shark: A Sailor who is obviously brown-nosing in hope of receiving favorable evaluations. Titivate: To spruce up or clean up the ship and its company. Differs from leave (see above) in that one must stay close to one's home station and it is generally much shorter. Boats: A sailor in the Boatswain's Mate rating or the Aviation Boatswain's Mate rating, or the ship's Bosun or Air Bosun, the latter usually a CWO or LDO. F.U.B.I.S. "We're going to The Boat for a few weeks.". SWCCs are more commonly referred to as Special Boat Teams or Boat Guys., Dirty-dick: To rub genitalia on someones cup or soda can as an act of retribution or to be funny; see also "cock swab.". Screwing the Pooch: Making a huge mistake. Masagi Girl: A prostitute (typically Chinese) found in the Honch. Charlies are electrical fires, and Deltas burn exotic materials, often metals like magnesium. ": An expression said (in a very cheery manner) on occasions when, in fact, it is not a Fine Navy Day at all. Often scrawled on the walls of toilet stalls by sailors who have been assigned to clean it for a reason. Fat Enlisted People / Forced Exercise Program. (Also known as CGL's Can't Get Laids.). Mail Buoy: A fictitious bouy that mail for a ship is left on. Word Shitter: Another name for those embossing label makers. Donut: A floating device used to store oily waste pumped out of the bilges in port. 1D10T or ID10T: A mythical substance that new Sailors are sent in search of as a joke. B.D.N.W.W. See crossing the line, shellback, and pollywog. Rotor Head: Sailor who flies or maintains rotary-winged aircraft (helicopters). Tends to be obese with a strong body odor. RATT Shop: Place for flight deck personnel to cool off in the AC and take a nap while they get their "RATT" fixed. George jobs: Nit-picking paperwork jobs given to George because no one else wants them. Shit-on-a-shingle: Creamed chipped beef on toast. Ricky Heaven: A number of restaurants and entertainment venues found in a single building at boot camp, so called because only graduates of boot camp may go there. "Being a Monkey Mate is a lot easier than being a BT.". To overthink an easy task. The term is used in boot camp to refer to female masturbation. In modern times it is an aluminum rubbish bowl. This can be for a variety of reasons: Medical, personal, disciplinary, etc. Weight gain apparent in senior enlisted men and women who have taken desk jobs. So called because of the gold braided loop that they wear around their arm. Used to attract the attention of a rescue helicopter in the event of a man overboard by the victim in the water. King Neptune: Neptunus Rex, Ruler of the Raging Main, Ancient Order of the Deep. Term referred to newly reported sailors with no qualifications or experience. BMW: Big Maine Woman: One of the large women in the Brunswick/Bath Maine area who like to pick up sailors from the former Naval Air Station Brunswick or pre-commissioning destroyers at the Bath Iron Works in local bars. Skidmark: The shit stains that one gets in one's underwear (see Skivvies) that are the result of wiping with cheap government toilet paper. Sailor 1: "What are you having for chow?" It is considered by the Navy as sacred waters, and, every year during the commeration of the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, a ship in the area will put out to sea, and drop a wreath in the area to honor the dead. Originally referred to the night baker who would often be seen by waking crew members covered in flour from his nightly duties. Named for the affordable alcoholic beverage it sells to junior sailors and contractors, ChuHai. Anal Palace: The fast attack submarine USS Annapolis. Rack Burns: Reddish marks seen on the face of a sailor who has just emerged from sleeping in his/her rack. Bilge Rat: Someone who works in the engineering spaces. See "Rumor Control" or "Scuttlebutt.". Creator Axelrod, Alan Summary Unpleasant to the enemy and all life. HT Punch: A mythical tool newbies are asked to fetch from the engineering spaces. POD (Plan of the Day): An official document issued by a command that states all activities occurring that day, from 0000 to 2359. Place of arrival for ships. Kick start (a deck seaman): Surreptitious corporal punishment applied by driving one's boot down the shin of the offending seaman to encourage better and faster work. In nuclear commands, can sometimes be seen as KEY when over-nuked (the last letters of the same three words are used.). Beans, bullets, and black oil: Supplies of all sorts needed by a warship. Someone who has been given a "Bag of Dicks" has been "bagged," which is quite similar to getting 'sand bagged'. Usually results in one of two things, either NJP, or a fist fight. F.I.I.G.M.O. A special show put on for inspecting senior officers. HACQ: (pronounced "hack") House Arrest, Confinement to Quarters: Unofficial punishment where an officer is confined to his stateroom, usually during a port call. Air Force Salute, Airman Salute, Airedale Salute: An "I don't know" shrug of the shoulders. Boat School: Nickname for the United States Naval Academy (USNA) at Annapolis, MD. 9. With the retirement of the S-3B Viking all VS squadrons have been decommissioned. Today, Salt and Peppers are worn by cooks that work in a ship's wardroom. : Shortest Nuke on Board. 180 Amnesia: Occurs when a sailor has been deployed and selective memory is desired to deal with questions asked by his or her significant other. Sometimes accompanied by two aspirin. USS Backyard: A sailor's home of record, to which he or she happily returns upon discharge. Often leads to mistakes that can produce lethal results. Jack Off Curtain: The small privacy curtain hanging on the outside of a rack. Chuck Wagon: (yet another name for) the USS Carl Vinson. Acey-Deucey Club: A recreational facility that serves alcohol for first and second class petty officers, or any Enlisted Club that caters mostly to First and Second Class Petty Officers, but still allows all enlisted personnel. May also be used to describe a blowjob. Usually an all day event to get the crew ready for a real underway. A concrete vibrator used to remove air bubbles. Origins of the "Cake Eater" Saying The cake eater expression first appeared between 1920 and 1925, but?became popular by the 1996 movie Mighty . You suck on., through a small tube. The name is a concatenation of Bremerton Buffalo described as weight a 'bremer-ton'. Mess line: The straight line of the buttoned shirt over the fly of the trousers. Johnny Cash's: The (defunct) Winter Working Blue uniform; so called due to the fact that they were all black (black being called navy blue) and Johnny Cash was the man in black. "John Wayne it." Derogatory name for USS CUSHING (DD-985), especially with the Commodore embarked. Fresh Water Navy (derogatory) members of the US Coast Guard. No-Shitter: A sea story which is mostly (never completely) fictional, and unverifiable as well. Usually used as part of a goose-chase. Active duty obligation expires the day before the enlistee's 21st birthday. If one person at the table is willing to eat all 12 apples and succeeds, that person is given the honor of "carry on" (lack of harassment by upper classmen) for the remainder of the semester. Gut: The section of a port city or town where visiting sailors can find cheap booze, games of chance, ladies of the night, a bar brawl or two, and other entertainment. Spook: Usually a IS, CT, or some other kind of intelligence type. Wardroom: Officer's mess, or dining room. Flag Deck, Flag Bridge: Command level on large ships for Admirals if they are present, see Flag. What is cake eater slang for in military? AMAN Nobody: "AM3 Schmuckatelli said to, Chief.". FASOTRAGRULANT/PAC: Fleet Aviation Specialized Operational Training Group, Atlantic and Pacific. Geedunk: (1) Candy, or a place that sells candy (namely. Mast: Common abbreviated form of "Captain's Mast" or "Admiral's Mast." So named due to the different colored jerseys they wear. It has a hand cranked dynamo which will produce a whirring sound on the other station, hence the "growl.". Building 1: USS Brooke (FFG-1), so called because she had so many problems with her P-fired boilers that she was regularly unable to get underway from her long-occupied berth at NAVSTA San Diego. CIVLANT/CIVPAC: Home, or where you go to when you leave the Navy. Emerald Shellback: One who crossed the Equator at the Greenwich Meridian. Phraseology: Instant Boatswain's Mate, just add water. On submarines the bilge rat is usually the smallest non-qual in the division, although bilges are great places for a field day assignment (good for napping) so a senior second class petty officer might call dibs on a bilge. If they are found to have soiled clothing as a result of not showering, several of the company will take the recruit into the barracks shower and scrub the persons bare skin with floor broom heads. In the helo world, the Rapid Securing and Transfer (RAST) on the deck of a "small boy.". When an aviator flies an aircraft into the clouds, can no longer see the earth or the horizon, and is dependent on instruments for navigation, he is said to be "in the goo." So called due to the time spent pierside during work ups for deployment after Mobile Bay failed INSURV inspection in 2011. Dirty-shirt wardroom: (Aircraft Carrier): Forward wardroom immediately below the flight deck for pilots wearing (sweaty) flight gear and working ship's officers. PFM: "Pure Fucking Magic", term applied to when things work, but one doesn't know how or why but they work. During the act of getting underway, an order to ", Sinker: Loss of contact with a submarine being tracked by a surface ship when the submarine submerges. Situps, pushups and a run/bike/swim/elliptical trainer. Example: Watch Officer-"What is pH?" LDO: Limited Duty Officer: generally a senior and highly qualified enlisted person (E6E8) who has earned a commission through a competitive process and continues to work in their field. Stupid-: Adjective for remedial training. ", Danger nut: A "fun" game in which one or more sailors place a washer or nut around a rod or similar metal device and then hold it to a steam vent. Training Anchorage (TRANCH): A frustrating, fuel-saving method of practicing battle tactics electronically among ships while at anchor, usually within sight of an attractive liberty port. See also "Blue Shirt. AOCS: Aviation Officer Candidate School; since discontinued pre-commissioning programs at NAS Pensacola, FL and Bremerton, WA that trained both prior service and non-prior service college graduates to become naval officers and to subsequently qualify as either Naval Aviators, Naval Flight Officers, Air Intelligence Officers, or Aircraft Maintenance Duty Officers - program merged into with Officer Candidate School from Newport, RI in late 1990s and then in the late 2000s moved to NETC Newport, RI. Consists of an overweight fitness "guru" measuring one's waist and neck. Split-pea on Rye. Specialized training for Aviation Administration (AZ) and Aviation Anti Submarine Warfare Operators (AW) ratings. Also can refer to "Free The Nukes," referring to sailors in the nuclear power field. Historically, the CH-46 Sea Knight (see "Phrog") was used for such resupply, although any aircraft with a cargo hook installed can do. Punching Holes: When a submarine is underway submerged, as in "Punching Holes in the Ocean". A flux capacitor ran the time machines, particularly in the car, in the Back To The Future movies Forecastle: (Pronounced "foc-sull") Forward most part of a ship. 21MC: Ships command intercom circuit, mainly used between the bridge, combat, and flight decks. Pineapple Fleet: The Pacific Fleet, usually refers to the Seventh Fleet (in the western Pacific) and specifically to ships stationed in. Ping Jockey: Term used to describe Sonar Techs. Usually tasked with dirty and nasty jobs often referred to as "Shit Work.". VD: Venereal Disease, also know as the clap, Gonnorea or syphillis. COC: Chain of Command: The hierarchy of officers a sailor takes orders from, the order in which supervisors are in charge. The morale boost comes from watching a fresh sailor running back and forth across a flight deck with a 10 foot pole, while crew members call out monkey sightings. The washer or nut spins wildly due to the high pressure of the steam. Socked-in: When the ceiling and visibility at an airfield or over an air-capable ship are below minimums for takeoff and landing. To evacuate a casualty. Green Side: The figurative side one is stationed at if one is stationed at a Marine Corps Command; contrasted with the "Blue Side" (Naval Command). Training Aids: Logically, these are items used to assist by demonstration some point in a training lecture. Why do they call officers cake eaters? Refers to nucs' insistance to dress like Morpheus from the Matrix and propensity for playing Magic (The Gathering) and World of Warcraft endlessly. Chit: The document a sailor fills out to make various types of special request (i.e. Let's get going!" Sea and Anchor Detail: Every sailor has an assigned duty station to be manned when the ship is either pulling into or out of port. Case dough: Nest egg. Hollywood Shower: To take a long shower that wastes water (See Navy Shower). PosMo: Positive Motivation. Bag it: Hit the bricks, take off. Ricky Iron: Using one's right hand to press one's uniform flat. FOD: Foreign Object Damage. Compare to "dirtbag." Magic Smoke: Substance that makes naval electronics work. Often a good source of humor for when the topsiders ask what they are for. 13 button salute: When a sailor in dress pants pulls down on the top two corners and all 13 buttons come unbuttoned at once, usually done just before sex. This is clearly demonstrated as the O-4 is constantly nodding in the affirmative and saying, Yessir, yessir when in the presence of the CO. H.M.F.I.C. Some'are here, some'are there, some'are everywhere.". Quarters can be for the entire command, or just the department, division, or branch. Vultures' Row: The place from which people can watch flight operations without being in the way, typically the O-7 to O-9 level on an aircraft carrier's island. V3 Division: Aircraft Handlers on the Hangar Deck. Cake-eater: Derogative term for officers. Non-Comm: A non-commissioned officer, E4-E9. WAVES: Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Services. Also spelled "JORG", meaning Junior Officer Requiring Guidance, or "JORGE," meaning Junior Officer Requiring General Education. The nickname is based on its color and flavor. i.e. Preferred term by Amphib sailors for LCM-8 or LCM-6 boats, as opposed to "Mike" boat. The tradition has sporadically been followed by modern small boat sailors. Tronchaser: Those in the AT (primarily I Level) rate who work on Navy avionics. What is cake eater slang for in military? 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