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[US] 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.
[US] 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.
[US] 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.
[US] 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
[US] 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.
[US] 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
[US] K. Powers Yellow Birds 48: I heard him turn in his bunk. ‘You OK?’ ‘Yeah, I’m good’.
at good, adj.1
[US] 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.
[US] 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.
[US] 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.
[US] 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.
[US] 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.
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