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[US] (con. 1969) C.R. Anderson Grunts 107: This ain’t no hill, Man [...] it’s gonna be a real ass-kicker.
at ass-kicker, n.
[US] (con. 1969) C.R. Anderson Grunts 42: All these petty-ass dictators in these new countries.
at -ass, sfx
[US] (con. 1969) C.R. Anderson Grunts 80: I ain’t gonna get my ass jumped again today.
at jump (up) someone’s ass under ass, n.
[US] (con. 1969) C.R. Anderson Grunts 94: That could have been an enjoyable little hump but it turns out to be another ball-buster.
at ball-buster, n.
[US] (con. 1969) C.R. Anderson Grunts 87: Living the agony of thirst and heatstroke, then gorging themselves on a sudden flood of water [...] produced a mind-bending bewilderment.
at mind-bending, adj.
[US] (con. 1969) C.R. Anderson Grunts xiv: Life in the bush was generally a bummer [...] rarely broken by the bennies, benefits like warm beer and letters from the World, the United States. [Ibid.] 96: The re-supply bird deposited the usual bennies plus freshly-baked bread and pickles.
at benies, n.
[US] (con. 1969) C.R. Anderson Grunts 78: That’s the way it’s been happening every time after a bitching hump.
at bitching, adj.
[US] (con. 1969) C.R. Anderson Grunts 130: We are going to do something, shit-for-brains – we’re gonna shut the fuck up.
at shit-for-brains, n.
[US] (con. 1969) C.R. Anderson Grunts 41: A pair of leggy and busty Australians.
at busty, adj.
[US] (con. 1969) C.R. Anderson Grunts xiv: The grunts’ greatest fear [...] was of being killed, the most common terms for which were dinged, zapped, greased, blown away, caught his lunch, and bought the ranch.
at catch one’s lunch (v.) under catch, v.1
[US] (con. 1969) C.R. Anderson Grunts 48: The big man is still seeing a cluster-screw. [Ibid.] 65: You saw what a cluster-screw that outfit was.
at cluster-screw, n.
[US] (con. 1969) C.R. Anderson Grunts 99: Can you believe it – some hot dog up on a pallet with his shirt off, actually trying to get a fucking suntan.
at hot dog, n.2
[US] (con. 1969) C.R. Anderson Grunts 61: To them it was still just plain ‘hotter than fuck and rising’.
at fuck, n.
[US] (con. 1969) C.R. Anderson Grunts xiv: The grunts’ greatest fear [...] was of being killed, the most common terms for which were dinged, zapped, greased, blown away, caught his lunch, and bought the ranch.
at greased, adj.
[US] (con. 1969) C.R. Anderson Grunts xiii: They decided on terms decidedly uncomplimentary – the green machine, the crotch, the green weenie.
at green weenie (n.) under green, adj.1
[US] (con. 1969) C.R. Anderson Grunts 27: They call them grunts, you now, the guys from the bush in Nam, and they’re supposed to be the gungiest mothers around.
at gungy, adj.1
[US] (con. 1969) C.R. Anderson Grunts xiv: High-ranking staff personnel and unit commanders, the heavies. [Ibid.] 49: Them fucking heavies back in their air-conditioned bunkers.
at heavy, n.
[US] (con. 1969) C.R. Anderson Grunts 160: She’s got these bitches around here beat all to hell.
at beat hell (v.) under hell, the, phr.
[US] (con. 1969) C.R. Anderson Grunts xiii: In the bush the grunts humped, walked, after two enemies, the VC [...] and the NVA. [Ibid.] 49: Just how fucking far we gotta hump today, anyway?
at hump, v.1
[US] (con. 1969) C.R. Anderson Grunts 106: ‘Hey, you see that new second looey?’ ‘Yeah, a real humper, eh?’.
at humper, n.
[US] (con. 1969) C.R. Anderson Grunts xiv: The grunts cut each other a hus, did favors to each other, to relieve the adversity.
at hus, n.
[US] (con. 1969) C.R. Anderson Grunts 29: Got any jing?
at jing, n.1
[US] (con. 1969) C.R. Anderson Grunts xiv: Jody was a guy who stole a grunt’s girlfriend back in the World. [Ibid.] 87: Let’s see if Jody’s been snooping around that stuff.
at Jody, n.
[US] (con. 1969) C.R. Anderson Grunts 80: I ain’t gonna get my ass jumped again today.
at jump up someone’s ass (v.) under jump, v.
[US] (con. 1969) C.R. Anderson Grunts 64: The redder they get, the redder the ketchup flows and then they don’t say ouch any more ... red on green. ... mothers cry ... fathers ask why.
at ketchup, n.
[US] (con. 1969) C.R. Anderson Grunts xiv: Most heavies were lifers, they were making a career of military service.
at lifer, n.
[US] (con. 1969) C.R. Anderson Grunts 40: Andrews [...] was the newest arrival – a ‘newby’ – which meant he couldn’t really lead or command anyone.
at newbie, n.
[US] (con. 1969) C.R. Anderson Grunts 95: Bring your people back as fast as you can – battalion says we gotta move.
at people, n.
[US] (con. 1969) C.R. Anderson Grunts 143: Hey, Chief, let’s go to the vill and get the old pipes cleaned out, eh? – and a bottle of whisky and maybe some grass for the rest of the squad.
at pipes, n.1
[US] (con. 1969) C.R. Anderson Grunts 78: It wouldn’t be a real long hump, but it wouldn’t be a real skate either.
at skate, n.
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