Soldier slang is nothing new; it's been employed as far back as the American Revolution, and some terms have made their way into mainstream vernacular. "Boots on the ground," "in the trenches," and "no man's land" are all soldier phrases that either come from the Marines, Army, Navy...
Believe it or not, at least one person attempted to name their child “Usnavy” in the past few years, prompting the local government to formally ban the name. One can’t help but wonder if the parents were inspired by the name of the lead character in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony-winni...
Bulleid claimed his Merchant Navy and West Country (that includes the BoB as well) were not streamlined at all. Note his same philosophy with the clearly not streamlined war-time built Southern Q1 Class 0-6-0 "Coffee Pot's". What they were was entirely encased in a shape that would per...
As one might expect based on how similar it is to the word "royal," Royetta is aname of Latin origin meaning "little sovereign."In terms of popularity, thename peaked a decade earlier in 1953, when a dozen children were given the name, but was still the choice of a handful of paren...
37. (Nautical Terms) line ahead line abreast a formation adopted by a naval unit for manoeuvring 38. (Military) a formation adopted by a body or a number of military units when drawn up abreast 39. (Nautical Terms) the combatant forces of certain armies and navies, excluding supporting arms...
I was recruited in part because of my past special operations experience as a Navy SEAL. I accepted the position and reported to the Deputy Commander’s office for my initial brief. “Doc,” pronounced the intent colonel. “I’ve done the job of every officer on my staff, except yours....
We want to use the massively multi-player online game as an experimental laboratory to see if they’re good enough to convince humans that they’re actually human, that can think on their own, have emotions and talk in local slang. I actually interact with virtual humans in terms of asking...
As for the Old Navy, the low-priced brand in the trinity of GAAP makes people feel that its design is unconcerned. Creative director Takizawa: "if UNIQLO can steal from GAPP's" dust laden "business history, it is gifted former CEO Mickey Drexler (now J.Crew) has brought the brand's ...
Soldier slang is nothing new; it's been employed as far back as the American Revolution, and some terms have made their way into mainstream vernacular. "Boots on the ground," "in the trenches," and "no man's land" are all soldier phrases that either come from the Marines, Army, Navy...