Descriptionary

give it the deep six to throw it overboard. gob sailor.

gone native of a sailor, overly friendly with natives on shore.

gooks natives of the South Seas.

goos goos Filipinos.

hammock what a sailor sleeps in.

heave out and lash up morning greeting to get out of bed and roll up one's hammock.

honey barge the garbage barge.

houligan navy sailor's nickname for the Coast Guard.

katzenjammers the shakes after a night of heavy drinking ashore.

liberty shore leave of 48 hours or less. limey a British sailor.

mail buoy an imaginary mail box on a buoy; new recruits were told in all seriousness to leave their mail on this buoy for the mailman to pick up.

mast, called to the called in for a reprimanding by the captain.

mess meals; the meal room. mokers the blues.

mosquito boat a light, quick boat equipped with small guns.

muck up to clean up.

mud hook anchor.

old man the captain.

one striper an ensign.

ordinary seaman a seaman second class.

peacoat

a waist-length, blue wool coat.

pigboats submarines.

pipe him aboard to welcome a high-ranking offi­cer or dignitary aboard by blowing the boatswain's whistle.

plotting room a room where maneuvers were planned over maps and instruments.

pollywog a sailor yet to cross the equator.

scrambled eggs the gold insignia on an officer's cap.

seagull a loose woman who follows the fleet around from port to port.

sea legs accustomed physically and mentally to life at sea.

send a fish to fire a torpedo.

shellback an experienced sailor; one who has crossed the equator.

shivering Liz Jell-O.

sick bay onboard hospital.

skibbies the Japanese.

slop chute a garbage chute leading to the ocean.

slushy nickname for the cook.

smukes dollars.

sparks a wireless operator.

step off the plank to get married.

straight as a deck seam trustworthy.

submarine ears hard of hearing.

swab

a large mop.

three sheets in the wind drunk.

three striper a commander.

two and a half striper a lieutenant commander.

two striper a lieutenant.

watch a four-hour watch duty.

watch cap a black, knitted stocking cap.

wicky wicky hurry up; chop chop; on the double.

Nurses

Annie nickname for a nurse anesthetist. arthritis of the cerebellum, have to be stupid. bedpan alley the hospital.

blues the two-tone blue uniforms worn during the war.

brown kitties bronchitis.

dock the hospital.

doctorine a woman doctor.

follow-up man mortician.

gubbins dirty dressings.

idiotorium hospital for the mentally ill.

inkie

an incubator baby.

misery hall an emergency room.

scrub nurse a nurse who follows sterile procedures in order to handle operating room instruments.

sick bay ship hospital.

stiffy a paralyzed person.

stink kitchen a chemical laboratory.

temperature, don't run a don't get excited.

wacs

arsenal wear general issue lingerie.

barracks bags bags under the eyes from working a night shift.

blow boy bugler.

boll weevils heavy brown cotton stockings.

book rack bunk bed.

burp class a defense class on gas warfare.

canteen cowboy soldier who hangs out at the can­teen to flirt with the women.

cool good.

cut off a scene to leave.

dry ammunition cosmetics.

gigs demerits.

GI Jane

an OK person.

gravy good-looking, as in "he's gravy."

gruesome twosome regulation shoes.

hair warden the camp hair stylist.

jeep jockeys women auto mechanics in Motor Transport.

jubilee reveille.

monkey suits general issue coveralls. night maneuvers fooling around with a man. put a nickel in it hurry up. scoff to eat.

screwy as a toad a nut case.

square from Delaware a hick girl from a small town.

WAC Women's Army Corps.

WAC shack the barracks. Also known as the Wackery.

wolfing looking for men.

usic

KEYBOARD INSTRUMENTS

baby grand a small grand piano, usually no more than 5 feet in length.

bandoneon the Argentine equivalent of an accor­dion, characterized by notes that are produced by buttons instead of a keyboard.

calliope any organ played or activated by steam.