Sack-o'-Lantern: A scrotum stretched across a battle lantern that has been energized. Brown Water Puddle Pirate: Affectionate name given to the US Coast Guard by their brethren blue water sailors. Also Air Force Personnel. The term is used in boot camp to refer to male masturbation. The OIC of this evolution is sometimes referred to as "the FOD-father.". It is typically made to disappear 30 seconds before it is needed, sending junior enlisted crewmembers into a panic that the mast will hit the bridge under which the ship is about to pass. Also used to collectively refer to all the officers at a command. Smoke Check: What results from wiring something incorrectly. The subs and the sailors are on eternal patrol. See also SERP. Channel Fever: Anxiousness, felt when approaching port, to get leave. War Chicken: A derogatory term for the Special Warfare Insignia earned by Navy SEALS. As in, "They just found a dead rat in the deep fat fryer and now the cooks have a shit storm on their hands.". Drop a Chit: The act of filling out a request chit. Fuck the mission, clean the position: Break out the, Fuck You, strong message follows: Seen on a numerical list of epithet substitutions (the unauthorized "Falcon Code," derived from the "Charlie Echo" code), especially transmitted over radio, which has to stay clean. M.A.S.H. Pencil whip: (1) Filling out a form with mostly imaginary data or fluff. If you've been watching the new CBS military drama, SEAL Teamwhich airs on Wednesdays at 9/8c on CBS and CBS All Accessthen you know the group uses a wide variety of authentic military terminology. CVN 7 on 2: The USS Abraham Lincoln CVN-72. Also. Rope and Choke: Highly advanced and ultra accurate way the Navy determines the body mass index of people who are deemed too heavy for their height. Also "Jarhead.". Hoover: The S-3B Viking, mostly due to its unique engine noises. ".then you smash his fucking grape! Deckplate: Derogatory term for the lowest worker. "Take that and give it the float test". Ready Room: Large space aboard a carrier that is the focal point for each of the squadrons in the airwing. See also "NoFuck, Vagina. Weight gain apparent in senior enlisted men and women who have taken desk jobs. Originally a Torpedo Boat Destroyer, then later, just Destroyer. One who wears his mop up his sleeve, opposite to a he-man. "What do you do onboard?" Stacking: The act of crapping on top of some one elses crap when the toilets are secured. Desert Duck: Helo that delivered mail in the Persian Gulf during Operation Earnest Will. Anyone who has been designated with this nickname is most likely a lifer who has no life outside the navy. "There are two kinds of people on a ship: Engineers and Riders. "Quarters" also refers to the daily morning muster for each division, announced as "QuartersQuartersAll hands to Quarters for muster, instruction, and inspection.". Used when a sailor has his hands in his pockets. In the navy warrants are generally older and more experienced in a particular area of expertise than a commissioned line officer, much like an "LDO." (example: 1/3, 2/3, Full, Standard, Flank, B1/3, B2/3, BI, BEM), Benny: A treat or reward, derived from "Benefit.". Powder Monkey: Term referring to a sailor sent back and forth for an item, usually tasked to retrive something from below-decks; derives from young boys who served on wooden ships that retrieved powder for broadside firing. Any mesh bag, but so named because usually used to contain soiled laundry. TLD (Nuclear): Thermo-Luminescent Dosimeter. The name is a corruption of "Bully Big Stick", the Roosevelt's shipboard news program. Originally used in reference to the daily order for a ship underway to go out past the 50-mile-from-shore line in order to legally pump oily water from bilges and dump trash, this can no longer be done. Buddy Fucker: Someone who fucks over their shipmates, and who is not to be trusted with any information or watch swap. Monkey shit: (1) A mix of a clay and fibers, used to plug up small holes around cables as they pass through a bulkhead. Bug Juice Sunrise: Orange with a splash of Red. Fresh Water Navy (derogatory) members of the US Coast Guard. Famous for masagi girls, karaoke and Kirin beer. The cold shoulders from civilians persist in certain Navy towns. Twig: Medical Service Corps officer. (2) Nickname for the CVN-69. Rickety Rocket: USS Richmond K. Turner (CG-20) Commissioned 1963, decommissioned 1995, sunk as a target 1998 by USS Enterprise Battle Group. Also called the Possibilities of the Day or Plan of Deception because the plan can change without notice. "Oh, about a cunt hair." MidShitHead: Enlisted common term for a Naval Academy or ROTC Midshipman on their summer cruise on a ship or a command, gaining real Navy experience between academic class years. Bubblehead: A sailor in the Submarine service. JORP: Junior Officer Rest Period. Self-explanatory. Frocked: Advanced in rank or rate with no pay increase. ID10T: Idiot, pronounced "Eye-Dee-Ten-Tango." FOD: Foreign Object Damage. "Have your cake and eat it too". Not a single aspect is successful. Bitching Betty: The recorded or computer generated female voice heard in an aviator's headset when something is not as it should be. NEC: The Navy Enlisted Classification (NEC) system, of which the NEC coding system is a part, supplements the enlisted rating structure in identifying personnel on active or inactive duty and billets in manpower authorizations. Term used by Nukes to describe a method of estimation to arrive at an answer. Dumb but happy. Goat Fuck Operation: A situation in which every possible aspect fails or goes "sideways". B.O.S.N.I.A. "first-termers"). Definition of cake-eaters in the Idioms Dictionary. Bravo Bozo: Derisive term that is the opposite of Bravo Zulu. Cake-eater: Derogative term for officers. A water craft small enough to be carried on a ship (ships themselves may only be called boats by members of the crew who have completed a deployment). Joe Navy: Another term for a lifer with no life outside the Navy. Dynamited Chicken: Chicken a la king or chicken cacciatore. Sand Crab: Civil servant working for the Navy. Rate Grabber: Enlisted member with the goal of (and succeeding in) making rate (promotion) quickly. USS Oriskany CVA34, Carriers today are designated as CV, During the VietNam error the A added to CV stood for attack carrier. Cleaning Stations: An hour-long field day evolution in which everyone drops what they're doing and cleans their spaces. Dirtbag: A term often used by an annoying lifer who has no life outside the navy to insult a sailor for having a few wrinkles in his uniform, having missed a spot while shaving, having a small spot on his uniform, having hair barely touching his ears, etc. What does cake eater mean in 1920s? Typically these shops are found on aircraft carriers just forward of hangar bay 1 on the 01 level. VF: Fixed Wing Fighter Aircraft Squadrons. Originated during World War II when Admiral "Bull" Halsey designated one officer to oversee wardroom functions. Clap Line: Line of men in front of sick bay which often forms shortly after pulling out of a foreign port where women provide sexual services to sailors (at cost). It is considered by the Navy as sacred waters, and, every year during the commeration of the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, a ship in the area will put out to sea, and drop a wreath in the area to honor the dead. Asshole of the Navy: Norfolk, Virginia, home of the fabled "DOGS AND SAILORS KEEP OFF THE GRASS!" No-Shitter: A sea story which is mostly (never completely) fictional, and unverifiable as well. Back when there existed a rating called Boiler Technician (BT), they most commonly were the Oil Kings. (Sometimes, a field survey results in an item being handed down to a needier local unit, thrown off the fantail at sea, or sold ashore for booze money.). Whidbey Whale: A dependent wife that is Orca fat even though her husband has maintained the same basic size during their marriage. 7MC: On submarines this is generally the Ship's Control Comms Circuit (between the OOD on the bridge and Helmsman below in Control. Term referred to newly reported sailors with no qualifications or experience. Follies are held about every 6 to 8 weeks while on deployment. Soup Sandwich: Any situation or individual that is FUBAR. (hence nickname). A "My Wife Chit" is a special request that uses one's wife as an excuse/justification for needing to be absent. Military personnel are known for their, ahem, colorful language, and the phrases below represent the most family-friendly, or PG, terms. If the roll call or the skit fails to amuse the rest of the airwing, the offending squadron is booed and belittled mercilessly. Rack Oyster: when you bust in your hand and slurp your own semen for a late night snack primarily used on frigates you want to go to MidRats? Im good bro, I had a Rack Oyster before watch. The term alludes to the practice of bombers over enemy territory turning after they have dropped their bombs and igniting their afterburners so as to exit hostile territory more quickly. Box of Rocks: Derogatory term for more than one sailor that has performed their work in an unsatisfactory manner. Seaman gang, the 1st Lt's folks, are often non-quals who are E-4 and below with a first class or senior second class petty officer as leading petty officer. Wardroom: Officer's mess, or dining room. AMAN Nobody: "AM3 Schmuckatelli said to, Chief.". Five and Dimes: A watch rotation where the sailor or watch team stand five hours of watch, then have ten hours off (to clean, perform maintenance, train, get qualified, conduct drills, take care of divisional business or their collateral duty, eat, shower, and occasionally sleep). A monthly review print-out of one's pay record, time-in-service, amount of leave on the books, and other important record keeping information. Specialized training for Aviation Administration (AZ) and Aviation Anti Submarine Warfare Operators (AW) ratings. Aviators "call the ball" as a reference guide to their positioning in the landing sequence. "Tack on crow": (Hazing) When promoted in rank, senior and equivalent ranks would tack the crow (solidly punching) patch on one's arm as good luck so it does not "fall off." DRB (Disciplinary Review Board): Step in the NJP process in which the accused attempts to prove his innocence by being screamed at for 2 hours. Some of the most entertaining offerings are the propaganda commercials it frequently airs since regular advertising is not permitted. USS Neverdock: Any ship that seems to stay out at sea for unusually long periods of time. Chit: The document a sailor fills out to make various types of special request (i.e. Also "Neurotic" for a midshipman in the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC). Kick start (a deck seaman): Surreptitious corporal punishment applied by driving one's boot down the shin of the offending seaman to encourage better and faster work. An ad-hoc organization of young division officers onboard some surface ships and in most aviation squadrons, assembled to provide a means of guidance and escape from overly-demanding Department Heads. Meat Gazer: Unlucky individual designated to make sure the urine in a "Whiz Quiz" actually comes from the urinator's body. This term may be used pejoratively (see Pogey bait), as no one but Marines are interested in pogues or baiting homosexuals. Shellback: An individual who has crossed the Line/, Shitbag (also Shitbird, Shitbrick, Shithead, Shitstain, Shitstick, Shitrat, Shitweed): (1) (. (2) A blowjob. Presently, in the USN, it refers to the alcoholic brew offered at social events like "dining-ins" and "dining-outs." Shower Tech: Sonar Technician (Submariner). (Onboard Submarines, often used as part of the phrase "Air Breathing No Load," meaning a useless sailor or rider who is using up resources and providing nothing in return.). Roll-em's: Movie night, usually shown in the ready room or the wardroom. Kiss the Camel: To fall between ship and pier onto the, Knee-deep navy: Epithet (usually friendly) for the Coast Guard or coastal patrol vessels . B.O.C.O.D: "Beat Off Cut Off Date": The date prior to returning home from a deployment on which a man should stop masturbating in order to save himself up for his wife or girlfriend. Schmuckatelli is a Good Man. Ahead Flank Liberty: The fictitious speed at which a ship travels after a mission or patrol is completed with high marks and the ship is headed into very nice foreign ports that cater to visiting US Forces. To open valves in the mud drum to allow boiler pressure to force accumulated sludge out of the boiler. Also refers to sailors who have yet to attend any schools that assign NEC (Navy Enlisted Classification) codes upon graduation. (Dumb Ugly Bitch): woman enrolled in the Naval Academy. These personnel go on to become Plank Owners. When leaving base, only "essential" stops could be made in utilities, of which alcohol was not one of them. Monkey Butt: same as civilian usage; rash or other anal condition caused by less than sanitary field conditions. JO-JO: Pronounced "joe-joe." Aviation Ordnancemen are expected to have a broad knowledge base of the rate and and be able to perform any duties of the rate. No Fuckin' Option is term used for NFOs who would rather be pilots, but don't qualify. The Operations Officer is usually third in command behind the Captain and the Executive Officer. "John Wayne it." "Recruit, go get me an ID10T form, and step on it!". : "Pussy Cut Off Day": The last day of a long deployment on which male sailors can get laid and still obtain Venereal Disease cures from the Hospital Corpsman, and have those cures be effective, before returning to their partners at home. During the act of getting underway, an order to ", Sinker: Loss of contact with a submarine being tracked by a surface ship when the submarine submerges. "Being a Monkey Mate is a lot easier than being a BT.". On larger ships, the "First" may be in charge of air crew. Whitney (LCC-20), as it rarely goes to sea. Hot box: Ship's engines are lit off, but ship is not underway. Also Modifications and Additions to Reactor Facility, an unusual and impractical research reactor in NY, later turned into a training platform (also phrased as My Ass is Royally Fucked.) Sea Daddy: Senior, more experienced sailor who unofficially takes a new member of the crew under his wing and mentors him. Pillows of Death: Canned ravioli, usually burned, served for midrats. ", Wog: Short for "pollywog", as in "wog ceremony.". Common military phonetic alphabet phrases include: Bravo Zulu: Good job. Dinner plate for Marines: The front buttoned flap on enlisted dress blues. Water Wings: Derogatory term used (usually by Naval Aviators), for the Surface Warfare Officer qualification badge. Small Boy: Term referring to smaller class ships, such as destroyers and frigates. (2) Generally reliable but incomplete information about a subject. Foc's'le Follies: A gathering of all the aviators in the airwing in the carrier's foc's'le (forecastle). S.N.O.B. Ricky Ninja: Within minutes of lights out, the entire division is asleep, except for the Ricky Ninjas, dressed in their ski masks and sweaters, sliding from rack to rack, Gullivering, dirty-dicking, and spitting in the RPOC's canteen. PT: Physical Training. Bluejacket: An enlisted sailor below the rank of E-7 (Chief Petty Officer). "Schmuckatelli is a Limp Dick." Brown Water: Shallow water close to land; Brown Water Navy (Sailor): Any Sailor who operates a small boat in inshore areas. Fulmer: A sailor that desperately tries to win various games (ping pong, pool, etc. May also be used to describe a blowjob. To throw someone 'under the bus', or to out someone as being the one who did something wrong or made a bad call. Skittles: Sailors who work on the flight deck of a carrier. Butter Bar: The single gold bar on the khaki uniform of an Ensign (Navy) or 2nd Lieutenant (USMC) By extension, an Ensign, or any new officer fresh from OCS, the Naval Academy, or NROTC. It's green, of course. Example: Watch Officer-"What is pH?" Square Circles: Surface ship operating within an assigned a patrol box. Buffer Tech: A junior enlisted who polishes the deck with a buffer, a duty normally assigned to shore duty personnel or those attending "A" School. ": An expression said (in a very cheery manner) on occasions when, in fact, it is not a Fine Navy Day at all. AIMD: Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department. Also, a game played by aviation personnel involving several long tables and a great deal of beer, wherein the aviators attempt to replicate with their bodies the, Creamed foreskins: Creamed chipped beef. Continual disregard WILL attract a punishment shower with scrub brushes. That's also a boondoggle. Trap: A fixed-wing arrested landing on an aircraft carrier. A "Royal Cunt Hair" is the finest unit of measure. Ping Jockey: Term used to describe Sonar Techs. This was normally either 5 or 10 minutes in duration (never long enough). Also "The Pit. Note that in the Navy, many ships and units have nicknames; these are listed separately, in Appendix:Glossary of U.S. Navy slang/Unit nicknames. Non-skid: A rough epoxy coating used for grip on weather decks. Bag it: Hit the bricks, take off. Fuckface: Any person or thing which has a face. Checks Five-Oh: Excellent, in proper working order. Honey-ko: A reference to a male sailor or his girlfriend for the evening. Seabee: A member of the Construction Battalions. It is a holdover from the days when air wings were called air groups and stood for Commander Air Group. Pump and Dump: A term in Boot Camp, normally used by RDCs allowing Recruits time to use the Head. ", Piece: Rifle, as used in manual-of-arms (rifle drill). (Also known as CGL's Can't Get Laids.). See "Chub Club.". ". Come back an hour later: one will be missing, one will be broken, and one will be in his pocket." Would you like a kick to help you get airborne? WAVES: Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Services. So called in reference to her collision with the USS Kennedy in 1975. LSD: Dock landing ship, or Large Sitting Duck, so called due to their slow speed and absence of any significant offensive weaponry. ", Danger nut: A "fun" game in which one or more sailors place a washer or nut around a rod or similar metal device and then hold it to a steam vent. cake-eater noun someone of upper-class background, or who has been excessively well-off Etymology: From the 1922 song "I'm a Cake Eating Man": "I'm a cake-eating man,/ Eat my cake where I can;/ I like a dapper flapper that shows a naughty knee,/ Who dances naughty jazz and shakes a naughty lingerie./ As in "They were standing around playing grab-ass. Knuckle Buster: A pneumatic tool for removing perfectly good paint from steel. Boondoggle: An inefficient meeting, event, or evolution; one that it is more fun than productive. Dilbert: Fictional and clueless cartoon character used in WWII era training material to demonstrate what NOT to do in naval aviation. Diddy Bopping: Walking around with no particular purpose. Green Scrubby: Mildly abrasive scouring pad. Common overnight activity for ships underway. Mando Commando: Sailor assigned mandatory physical training (Mando PT or FEP) for being overweight or failing the Physical Readiness Test. Battle Racks: (term for) when mission-exhausted Aviators are allowed to sleep through General Quarters. Seachest: Ballast intake/discharge portals below the waterline of a ship. Sailors must go to the Paint Locker with properly signed chits to receive paint and painting equipment. See Blowing Shitters, Shitty Kitty: Derogatory nickname for the USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63). SLJO: Shitty Little Jobs Officer. Wet Willie: Joke played on a sleeping sailor by licking a finger, and sticking it into the unsuspecting sleeping sailor's ear to mimic the feel of a penis being inserted into the ear, usually met with several groans by onlookers. Some "Nuke Waste" treat it as a sort of dubious badge of honor, others remain bitter about it for the rest of their Navy career. Buildings 29 and 91 at NTC/SSC San Diego, the female A-School barracks, for example. Ricky Crud: (1) A one-night sickness which sailors acquire in bootcamp after receiving their smallpox vaccinations. Rick, Ricky: A "recruit" or sailor-to-be who is still in boot camp. These boxes seem to have been designed by some sadist for maximum difficulty when carrying them aboard ship. In nuclear commands, can sometimes be seen as KEY when over-nuked (the last letters of the same three words are used.). Sticks: The levers in the Maneuvering Room of a diesel submarine that are used to change the settings for the main propuslion motors. (2) A large freezer of the type found on most ships, usually in auxiliary spaces. Bremerlo: A husky (large) female. The name derives from the sailor stating that ". Valves are named with the initials of the system they belong to, ie Seawater valve 1 is SW-1. (3) ("Submarine Service") Forward Area Gentleman: A crewman serving in the forward part of the submarine, a non-Nuke. Welded to the Pier: A Ship being in an extended period of refit at a shipyard or naval base, which prevents it from making ready for sea for several months or longer. Normally a last resort, yet used more often than not, that when not done properly causes one hell-of-a mess especially on CHT lines when some unfortunate soul is on the crapper when the full force of the firemain comes through. cake eater Slang term from the 1920's meaning a lady's man. Trips back to the ship in the wee hours of the night are usually very entertaining. FTN Striker: Sailor whose stated goal/desire is to get discharged. Helmet Fire: When a pilot becomes so task saturated in the cockpit that he loses the big picture and situational awareness (SA). P.A.P.E.R.C.L.I.P. Dog zebra: Closing fittings or doors for light discipline at night. Shark bait: A package of bright green dye, attached to a life vest. Non-Useful Dody) A sailor who has not completed any qualifications and is therefore of no use to their division. It is sometimes used by seniors praising subordinates in one form or another. Love Cookie: A deposit of semen left on a sailor's pillow. Atlantic Fleet equivalent to a Pacific Fleet WESTPAC. The hinge also limits the LCDRs head movement to the foreaft axis. Kamikaze: A hetero male Marine who is so gung-ho that he can only be sexually satisfied by another male Marine. Differs from "VERTREP.". Typically not the same person as the sailor's ashore spouse/girlfriend/boyfriend (i.e. A dangerous thing for a sailor to be around Pearl Harbor, as some of the natives see them as easy targets for crime, especially when local law-enforcement doesn't seem to care. Bilge Turd: Derogatory term for "Boiler Technician", typically from jealous Machinist Mates who wish they could be as badass as the now extinct Boiler Technicians were. The following are some examples of the slang of the United States Navy, you will also see references to the United States Marine Corps as well because of their use of naval terminology sometimes also referred to as NAVSpeak. Hot Wash - An immediate after-action or exercise critique. Sea Lawyer: (1) A sailor or his buddy, making eloquent but completely spurious arguments at Captain's Mast, or in response to some disciplinary action. Often the result of a serious engineering casualty. 5MC: A circuit similar to the 1MC, except that it is only heard on the flight deck of an air-capable ship and in engineering spaces. Also called No F'n Good. Shaft Alley Sally: A loose and easy female shipmate that would be willing and ready to get it on down in machinery spaces and/or shaft alleys. Bells repeat themselves every 4 hours. It is sometimes cured by a "Channel Fever Shot," a slap or kick to the backside. Cake could be a general term for something desirable, one example of this is the idiom. Word Shitter: Another name for those embossing label makers. Newbie sailors are sometimes sent all over base to locate an ASH Receiver as a joke. ", Carry on: An officer's reply to a junior person's call to "attention on deck", meaning all present rise and come to attention as a sign of respect. Generally only applied to someone who has earned the speaker's respect. Blowing Shitters: An act by which an HT uses straight firemain pressure on a clog in the sewage line (CHT/VCHT) that cannot be removed by ordinary means. So called because the ship's hull is number SSN 711. "No, just gator squares.". ", FOD Walk Down: A periodic, organized search on an aircraft carrier flight deck or hangar deck looking for debris that a jet engine might ingest. Usually consists of one cruiser, one supply ship, and one or two destroyers, frigates, and submarines. San Dog: A sailor stationed in San Diego, or the base itself. Hamster: Chicken cordon bleu, a common chow entree. Branch: Lowest organizational level in most naval commands. (2) Any time late at night that doesn't qualify for Oh Dark Thirty. Reefer: (1) A refrigeration ship carrying frozen foods. Garden Party: A semi-formal social gathering requiring dress whites from the waist down and dress blues from the waist up. OPS: Operations Officer: Head of the Operations Department on board a ship or shore command. It was standardized in 1956 with sounds that are similar in English . It is often used to describe someone who is too soft or weak for A cake eater is a term used to describe someone who is not well suited for the military life. White Rats: Tampons which appear after a sewage leak in the female head. Spook: Usually a IS, CT, or some other kind of intelligence type. ZUT: CW (Morse radiotelegraphy): "forever." Must be signed off by a superior or expert. The new sailor is told this is "The Most Important Watch" on the ship. USS In-Port Royal: The USS Port Royal (CG-73). An E-7 HT is an HTC, "Head Turd Chaser". Do not stand near one of the speakers without hearing protection. To evacuate a casualty. Refering to the senior ranking person for an assigned duty or task. Part of the Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department (AIMD), IM3 (Avionics) division. The CAG, ship's CO, and battle group admiral are also usually invited and present. It is permissible to take one when a ship is pierside connected to pier water and sewer, if no one else is waiting for the shower. The rating badge icon looked like a bar stool. A sailor that has not yet earned their Submarine Warfare Qualification (Dolphins). Flying the Bravo: Menstruating; from the signal flag, which is all-red, one meaning of which is "I am discharging dangerous goods." ASWOC: Anti-Submarine Warfare Operations Center - shore-based briefing/debriefing/analysis/operational control center for VP aviation. Paper Assholes: Gummed Reinforcements (office supplies); Paper Ensigns. ADSEP: ADministrative SEParation: Release from Naval Service for administrative reasons. Cruise widow: A sailor's wife. 2JV: Engineering sound-powered circuit. ChuHai Stand: One of two standing-room only drinking establishments in the Honch. Most commonly seen on a "Dogged Watch" schedule. Crow happy: Newly appointed petty officers that are drunk with rank, think they are in charge, and can order subordinates around. "My guys are two-blocked.". Also called "Cornbacked Gator" or "Brown Trout.". Useless piece of machinery. Also, a joke played on new sailors, who are told to obtain a coil of it (line being the Navy word for rope). 1956, Joseph Caruso, The Priest, ISBN, page 158: "Nowadays, these cake-eaters all died young. "I understand and I will comply.". Steel Beach Picnic: Celebration on the weather decks of a ship. Goffa / Goffer: General descriptive term for any sort of soda or fruit juice, non alcoholic. Civie cut: A civilian haircut worn by males who live around military towns to distinguish themselves from military personnel. Refers to anything impressive or greatly exceeding what is required. Officially no longer named the 43P-1, the fleet continues to name and refer to their work center maintenance manual as the 43P-1. It is usually kept under the mattress and can stand up on its own by the end of cruise. The trigger is taped down and once someone holds the end of the screwdriver, the battery is slapped in and the player must attempt to hold on to the screwdriver for as long as possible. Sierra Hotel: Phonetic letters for SH, which stands for "Shit Hot." 8 Day Skate: On a four section duty roster there is time where each section finishes duty in the morning and is not on duty again for seven more days. Ed's Motel: Navy filmmakers' acronym for Editorials, Motion Picture and Television Department. a "field expedient Frappuccino" might be made by putting all the MRE coffees, sugars, and creamers into a 2-liter bottle and mixing. ", ASVAB: The Navy's enlisted entrance exam. Definition of cake-eater slang. Dependopotamus: Term used for overweight dependents of sailors. Really, really, really early in the morning. Green felt is usually abundant. Dammit: Proper way to read an exclamation point quietly. An expression used in the face of adversity, meaning that regardless of the setback you are going to continue anyway! ", TAD or TDY: Temporary Additional Duty or Temporary Duty, "Take suction on a seat cushion:" alternative form of "pucker factor. Wayspouse: Sailors' spouses waiting on the pier, if sufficiently overweight that they could be used as navigation waypoints.