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Words of the Vietnam War

Author : Gregory R. Clark
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 626 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Words of the Vietnam War written by Gregory R. Clark and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cu Chi, (body bag), Shit-hook (Chinook helicopter), dink (Vietnamese slang for a G.I.), slope (G.I. slang for a Vietnamese), hose (kill), boom-boom (what's done in a tapioca mill, or whorehouse), Mike-Juliet (marijuana), pogey bait, DO-28, C-2A, L Zed (Aussie for landing zone), rat-turds (oak leaf clusters), thousand yard stare, Samozaryadnyi karabin (Soviet rifle), guerre a outrance (French war to the end--the viewpoint of the North): these and the 10,000 others in this dictionary are the words of the Vietnam era. They were spoken by ground pounders in the boonies and by peaceniks on U.S. campuses, by hawks, doves, Victor Charlies and hoi chanhs, Chinese advisors and the Muong people of the Central Highlands. The period covered is primarily 1963-1975, but there are terms included from as early as 1945 and as late as 1987.

Vietnam War Slang

Author : Tom Dalzell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317661869
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book Vietnam War Slang written by Tom Dalzell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-07-25 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2014, the US marks the 50th anniversary of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, the basis for the Johnson administration’s escalation of American military involvement in Southeast Asia and war against North Vietnam. Vietnam War Slang outlines the context behind the slang used by members of the United States Armed Forces during the Vietnam War. Troops facing and inflicting death display a high degree of linguistic creativity. Vietnam was the last American war fought by an army with conscripts, and their involuntary participation in the war added a dimension to the language. War has always been an incubator for slang; it is brutal, and brutality demands a vocabulary to describe what we don’t encounter in peacetime civilian life. Furthermore, such language serves to create an intense bond between comrades in the armed forces, helping them to support the heavy burdens of war. The troops in Vietnam faced the usual demands of war, as well as several that were unique to Vietnam – a murky political basis for the war, widespread corruption in the ruling government, untraditional guerilla warfare, an unpredictable civilian population in Vietnam, and a growing lack of popular support for the war back in the US. For all these reasons, the language of those who fought in Vietnam was a vivid reflection of life in wartime. Vietnam War Slang lays out the definitive record of the lexicon of Americans who fought in the Vietnam War. Assuming no prior knowledge, it presents around 2000 headwords, with each entry divided into sections giving parts of speech, definitions, glosses, the countries of origin, dates of earliest known citations, and citations. It will be an essential resource for Vietnam veterans and their families, students and readers of history, and anyone interested in the principles underpinning the development of slang.

Slang and Jargon of the Vietnam War

Author : Steven B. Rumsey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (576 download)

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Download or read book Slang and Jargon of the Vietnam War written by Steven B. Rumsey and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Grunt Slang in Vietnam

Author : Gordon L. Rottman
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504061705
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Grunt Slang in Vietnam written by Gordon L. Rottman and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A look at how combat, culture, and military tradition influenced soldiers’ language in Vietnam from the award-winning, USA Today–bestselling author. The slang, or unique vocabulary, of the soldiers and marines serving in Vietnam, was a mishmash of words and phrases whose origins reached back to the Korean War, World War II, and even earlier. Additionally, it was influenced by the United States’ rapidly changing protest culture, ideological and poetical doctrine, ethical and cultural conflicts, racialism, and drug culture. This “slanguage” was rendered even more complex by the Pidgin Vietnamese-English spoken by Americans and Vietnamese alike. But perhaps most importantly, it reflected the soldiers’ actual daily lives, played out in the jungles, swamps, and hills of Vietnam.

War Slang

Author : Paul Dickson
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486797163
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (867 download)

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Download or read book War Slang written by Paul Dickson and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the homegrown "boodle" of the 19th century to current "misunderstandistan" in the Middle East, America's foremost expert on slang reveals military lingo at its most colorful, innovative, brutal, and ironic. Author Paul Dickson introduces some of the "new words and phrases born of conflict, boredom, good humor, bad food, new technology, and the pure horror of war." This newly updated reference extends to the post-9/11 world and the American military presence in Iraq and Afghanistan. Recommended by William Safire in his "On Language" column of The New York Times, it features dictionary-style entries, arranged chronologically by conflict, with helpful introductions to each section and an index for convenient reference. "Paul Dickson is a national treasure who deserves a wide audience," declared Library Journal. The author of more than 50 books, Dickson has written extensively on language. This expanded edition of War Slang features new material by journalist Ben Lando, Iraq Bureau Chief for Iraq Oil Report and a regular contributor to The Wall Street Journal and Time. It serves language lovers and military historians alike by adding an eloquent new dimension to our understanding of war.

VIETNAM War SPEAK

Author : William Stilwagen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781735676302
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (763 download)

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Download or read book VIETNAM War SPEAK written by William Stilwagen and published by . This book was released on 2020-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If there ever was a time worthy of its own vernacular, it is the Vietnam Era. A generation split by peace and war spawned a library of lingo, slang, and fresh new words like no era before it.The warriors found that the torch had been passed to them by an assassinated president. It motivated them to bear any burden and to pay any price. The best of this generation did ask what they could do for their country. Nine million served in uniform; 2.8 million served in Vietnam. Over 58,000 gave all they had for the home they loved. Over 300,000 spilled their blood in Southeast Asia. No one came home unscathed. Everyone paid a price.They bore the burden of their generation. And they created a second language to augment what they brought with them.In this book, you will find over 2,500 terms, acronyms, jargon, slang expressions, and various lingo transported to you by Vietnam servicemen who showed remarkable insight into their own generational place in history. These are the words with which they communicated, especially at the enlisted level. They took the brunt of all the horror the war had to give.It is imperative for any serious historian, future descendant, or any interested person to grasp the speech variants of the day and thus put them into proper context for complete understanding. Heed the words of Francis George Steiner who declared, "When a language dies, a way of understanding the world dies with it, a way of looking at the world." You are likely to find the meaning here. Within these entries comes common lingo, from 1960's slang to the obscure vernacular that was so important in the daily struggles of Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines in Vietnam. Included too, are military acronyms, terms, and some downright humorous gems of expressions. Many of the terms and idioms herein have found their way into today's linguistic norms. Open this book and enter their world.

Vietnam: The War Zone Dictionary in Their Own Words

Author : Sharon O. Lightholder
Publisher : Albedo Press
ISBN 13 : 9780578171364
Total Pages : 630 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (713 download)

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Download or read book Vietnam: The War Zone Dictionary in Their Own Words written by Sharon O. Lightholder and published by Albedo Press. This book was released on 2015-11-19 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: VIETNAM - THE WAR ZONE DICTIONARY IN THEIR OWN WORDS is the first reference to combine the official terms formally adopted by the United States Department of Defense and its allies in NATO, SEATO, CENTO, and IADB with the unofficial slang, abbreviations, radio codes, pro-codes, hospital jargon, weapon abbreviations, acronyms, euphemisms, and commonly used foreign words and phrases used by the men and women who were there. With over 9,800 entries, this is the only source-defined reference to the linguistic complexity of the Vietnam War. Suited for the historian, linguist, genealogist and armchair reader, it is both a reference and a time capsule of that era. It is an uncensored, unauthorized, and vibrant collection reflecting the complexity of official terms, the primal urgency of the unofficial language, and the adaptations of the English language to new technology, military, and social challenges. Collected and curated by Sharon O. Lightholder, attorney and author, each slang entry was subjected to a verification process by someone from the war zone before inclusion. Each official entry was secured from unclassified documents. Decades in the making, it will serve the test of time and speak clearly from the past into the future. This reference is an important addition to any academic library and history department as well as serving the needs of the general reader interested in the Vietnam War. It offers a new and meaningful contribution to the scholarship of the Vietnam era.

Nice Talk, GI.

Author : Robert V. Hunt Jr.
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1698714734
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book Nice Talk, GI. written by Robert V. Hunt Jr. and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2023-07-25 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Any veteran who served on active duty during the Korean and Vietnam Wars quickly learned that the U.S. military had its own unique language. It was a combination of acronyms, technical jargon and a considerable sprinkling of vulgarities. “Nice Talk, GI,” is a compilation of terminology used, overheard, or encountered by the author during his service with the U.S. Army from 1969 to 1971. An invaluable resource was the author's own “Soldier Notebooks,” kept during BCT and AIT. Also, while stationed in Korea, he served with a number of Vietnam War Veterans, and learned a significant amount of technology from them. An invaluable source was provided by access to Pacific Stars & Stripes newspaper from the era. While the work does not claim to be definitive, it is representative of terminology used by military personnel between 1950 and 1975.

Vietnam War Dictionary

Author : Douglas Pike
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (317 download)

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Download or read book Vietnam War Dictionary written by Douglas Pike and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

In the Field

Author : Linda Reinberg
Publisher : Facts on File
ISBN 13 : 9780816022144
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (221 download)

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Download or read book In the Field written by Linda Reinberg and published by Facts on File. This book was released on 1991 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HISTORY-GENERAL HISTORY

War Slang

Author : Paul Dickson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780884864073
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book War Slang written by Paul Dickson and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

In the Field

Author : Linda Reinberg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780783781273
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (812 download)

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Download or read book In the Field written by Linda Reinberg and published by . This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Learn Vietnamese: Must-Know Vietnamese Slang Words & Phrases

Author : Innovative Language Learning
Publisher : Innovative Language Learning
ISBN 13 : 1641672307
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (416 download)

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Download or read book Learn Vietnamese: Must-Know Vietnamese Slang Words & Phrases written by Innovative Language Learning and published by Innovative Language Learning. This book was released on with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you want to learn Vietnamese the fast, fun and easy way? And do you want to master daily conversations and speak like a native? Then this is the book for you. Learn Vietnamese: Must-Know Vietnamese Slang Words & Phrases by VietnamesePod101 is designed for Beginner-level learners. You learn the top 100 must-know slang words and phrases that are used in everyday speech. All were hand-picked by our team of Vietnamese teachers and experts. Here’s how the lessons work: • Every Lesson is Based on a Theme • You Learn Slang Words or Phrases Related to That Theme • Check the Translation & Explanation on How to Use Each One And by the end, you will have mastered 100+ Vietnamese Slang Words & phrases!

Dictionary of the Vietnam War

Author : James S. Olson
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Dictionary of the Vietnam War written by James S. Olson and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1988-02-11 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains alphabetically arranged essays that provide information on people, legislation, military operations, and controversies related to American participation in the Vietnam War, focusing on the years between 1945 and 1975; each with references and cross-references.

Slang

Author : Jonathon Green
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198729537
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book Slang written by Jonathon Green and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this Very Short Introduction Jonathon Green asks what words qualify as slang, and whether slang should be acknowledged as a language in its own right. Looking forward, he considers what the digital revolution means for the future of slang."--Cover flap.

Vietnam War Slang

Author : Tom Dalzell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317661877
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book Vietnam War Slang written by Tom Dalzell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-07-25 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2014, the US marks the 50th anniversary of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, the basis for the Johnson administration’s escalation of American military involvement in Southeast Asia and war against North Vietnam. Vietnam War Slang outlines the context behind the slang used by members of the United States Armed Forces during the Vietnam War. Troops facing and inflicting death display a high degree of linguistic creativity. Vietnam was the last American war fought by an army with conscripts, and their involuntary participation in the war added a dimension to the language. War has always been an incubator for slang; it is brutal, and brutality demands a vocabulary to describe what we don’t encounter in peacetime civilian life. Furthermore, such language serves to create an intense bond between comrades in the armed forces, helping them to support the heavy burdens of war. The troops in Vietnam faced the usual demands of war, as well as several that were unique to Vietnam – a murky political basis for the war, widespread corruption in the ruling government, untraditional guerilla warfare, an unpredictable civilian population in Vietnam, and a growing lack of popular support for the war back in the US. For all these reasons, the language of those who fought in Vietnam was a vivid reflection of life in wartime. Vietnam War Slang lays out the definitive record of the lexicon of Americans who fought in the Vietnam War. Assuming no prior knowledge, it presents around 2000 headwords, with each entry divided into sections giving parts of speech, definitions, glosses, the countries of origin, dates of earliest known citations, and citations. It will be an essential resource for Vietnam veterans and their families, students and readers of history, and anyone interested in the principles underpinning the development of slang.

War Slang

Author : Paul Dickson
Publisher : DIANE Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780788167065
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (67 download)

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Download or read book War Slang written by Paul Dickson and published by DIANE Publishing Company. This book was released on 1999-09-01 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dickson -- the country's foremost authority on American slang and author of the critically acclaimed Slang! -- offers the first comprehensive collection of fighting words and phrases used by Americans at war. Arranged war by war, this definitive dictionary reveals military slang at its most colorful, innovative, brutal, and ironic -- and shows how language mirrors the unique experience of each war. Dickson's brief but carefully thought-out informal introductions to each section help define the flavor of the period. "An excellent compilation." An A-1 blockbuster of a book." Recommended by William Safire in his New York Times Magazine column.