THE ROYAL MARINES
slug sleeping bag
pig Marine officer
pussers kit
tits-up kit failure
yomp long-distance travel on foot, with pussers on back
pinged being seen or caught
threaders pissed off after yomp
Percy-Pongo somebody in the Army, from the phrase "where they go the Pong go too"
dhobi washing
oggie Cornish pasty
run-ashore a night ashore
trap to score ...
bag-off ... and have sex
drip to complain
fou-fou talcum powder
gash useless
Globe & Bustard Royal Marine emblem and nickname
heads toilets, from days of wooden warships when toilets were in the forecastle, or head
scran food
sprog Marine in training
wets-monkey sprog who makes the tea or faces the consequences
t s b thieving scouse
bastard
Compiled by Pascal Wise
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