Wordie: Soldier's Words: Comments

Comment by npydyuan, about 1 year ago

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:54:04 +0000

>who says "booyah"? And if nobody's *supposed* to say it... How come I keep hearing it?

Maybe you're having a Zyban flashback, c_b!

:•)

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:21:42 +0000

Ditto. *staring at the screen*

Comment by chained_bear, about 1 year ago

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:20:11 +0000

Wow. Somebody actually sat down and made that dictionary. I'm kind of stunned.

Comment by skipvia, about 1 year ago

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:04:57 +0000

For some reason this list reminded me of kreeg-ah, the word Tarzan used for danger. I was going to make a list, but there is a better one here.

Comment by uselessness, about 1 year ago

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 21:32:08 +0000

Mr. Cooper, apparently. That is, according to Wikipedia. Oh, and Jim Cramer is also partially to blame. It's a corruption of booyeah, which I guess is a corruption of boo! Yeah! Or something.

*WARNING: Etymologies in mirror are most likely more madeupical than they appear*

Comment by chained_bear, about 1 year ago

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 20:37:07 +0000

... then... who says "booyah"? And if nobody's *supposed* to say it... How come I keep hearing it?

*is creeped out*

Comment by uselessness, about 1 year ago

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 20:28:09 +0000

Wikipedia has some interestingish articles on the Marines' oorah and the Army's hooah. I don't think the Air Force or Navy have equivalents.

Comment by chained_bear, about 1 year ago

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 20:06:17 +0000

Dang right. I'm rather partial to the Air Force. Actually it might be mostly because I love the words air force when they're put together. Though marine is pretty awesome too.

Comment by uselessness, about 1 year ago

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:32:24 +0000

You're no Marine! ;-)

Comment by chained_bear, about 1 year ago

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:27:13 +0000

I thought it was "booyah"...?

Comment by yarb, about 1 year ago

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:06:25 +0000

A soldier friend of mine would often describe a chaotic situation as being like a mad woman's shit.

Comment by uselessness, about 1 year ago

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:00:42 +0000

Oorah!

marines

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:40:45 +0000

marines rule semper fi tell i die