2012 K. Powers Yellow Birds 193: Sergeant Sterling [...] said, ‘Someone had a big old bowl of dumbass today. Get your shit together’.at dumb-ass, n.
2012 K. Powers Yellow Birds 56: The children began moving along the walls, most giggling and playing grab-ass.at play grab-ass (v.) under grab-ass, n.
2012 K. Powers Yellow Birds 60: ‘I had a friend. I have a friend you can pray for [...] Daniel Murphy. My battle. He got killed in Al Tafar’.at battle, n.
2012 K. Powers Yellow Birds 162: The thwump, thwump of a chopper rolled out of the sky. The bird dipped and swayed in the air, coming in low over the horizon.at bird, n.1
2012 K. Powers Yellow Birds 61: I remembered a cav scout in Al Tafar writing down the address for me [...] ‘Best fucking place in history to get your dick wet. Fucking crucial’.at crucial, adj.
2012 K. Powers Yellow Birds 61: I remembered a cav scout in Al Tafar writing down the address for me [...] ‘Best fucking place in history to get your dick wet. Fucking crucial’.at get one’s dick wet (v.) under dick, n.1
2012 K. Powers Yellow Birds 48: I heard him turn in his bunk. ‘You OK?’ ‘Yeah, I’m good’.at good, adj.1
2012 K. Powers Yellow Birds 19: I hated [. . . .] how I [...] I felt like a coward until he screamed into my ear, ‘Shoot these hajji fucks!’ [ibid.] 151: Our platoon had [...] killed a lot of hajjis and suffered only a few casualties of our own.at hajji, n.
2012 K. Powers Yellow Birds 94: Sterling walked [...] spreading salt over the fields and alleys, over the dead bodies and into the dust that seemed to cover everything [...] ‘I think he’s losing his shit, Bart,’ Murphy said.at lose one’s shit under shit, n.
2012 K. Powers Yellow Birds 188: ‘It’s just the way it’s gotta be, kid. Someone has to answer for some of it.’ ‘Shit rolls downhill, huh, Captain?’.at shit rolls downhill under shit, n.
2012 K. Powers Yellow Birds 43: ‘Don’t worry so much, ladies. You just hold the tail. Everything’ll be cool’ ‘The tail?’ I asked? ‘Yeah,’ he responded. ‘Let me fuck the dog’.at hold the tail (and I’ll fuck the dog) under tail, n.
2012 K. Powers Yellow Birds 147: [O]ne of the cops looked at me with a pitiable concern and said, ‘Try to keep it together, buddy. You’ll be back in the swing in no time’.at keep it together (v.) under together, adj.