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[US] Army Times ‘Army Talk in Vietnam’ 10 Apr. n.p.: straight arrow: serviceman who remains faithful to his wife or Stateside girl friend throughout his Vietnam tour.
at straight arrow, n.
[US] Army Times ‘Army Talk in Vietnam’ 10 Apr. n.p.: buy the farm: to be killed. Sometimes ‘buy the six-by-three farm.’.
at buy the farm, v.
[US] Army Times ‘Army Talk in Vietnam’ 10 Apr. n.p.: cheap charlie: anyone, especially a U.S. serviceman, who does not waste his money.
at cheap charlie (n.) under cheap, adj.
[US] Army Times ‘Army Talk in Vietnam’ 10 Apr. n.p.: chop-chop: food, or eat.
at chop-chop, n.
[US] Army Times ‘Army Talk in Vietnam’ 10 Apr. n.p.: FIGMO: acronym for ‘Finally I get my orders.’ Especially in ‘figmo chart,’ a shortimer’s calendar, usually a drawing of an undraped female form, with numbered sections which are filled in, one each day, as the shorttimer keeps track of days to go.
at f.i.g.m.o., phr.
[US] Army Times ‘Army Talk in Vietnam’ 10 Apr. n.p.: the ’Nam: Vietnam.
at Nam, n.
[US] Army Times ‘Army Talk in Vietnam’ 10 Apr. n.p.: roundeye: Caucasian woman.
at roundeye, n.
[US] Army Times ‘Army Talk in Vietnam’ 10 Apr. n.p.: The World (always capitalized): the U.S.A. As in, ‘Where you from back in The World, Sarge?’.
at world, the, n.
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