| Name |
Description |
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| Aunt Sally |
A synonym for a straw man fallacy, whereby an argument or idea is misrepresented so as to make it easier to refute. | 1 |
| Bardia Bill |
The slang name originally given to a large calibre gun situated at Bardia at the time of it’s capture by the Australian 6th Infantry Division in early Jan 1941. Also used for other later guns situated in Bardia or firing from that direction later in the campaign. | 3 |
| Boche |
A derisive term used by the French during World War I, often collectively to refer to the Germans. | 5 |
| Clamjamfrey |
A company of people; generally used contemptuously, hence a mob, rabble, the riff-raff of a community. | 1 |
| Eyetie |
A slang term usually used disparagingly (especially during WW2) for an Italian person. It originated through the mispronunciation of 'Italian' as'Eye-talian'. | 1 |
| Fruit Machine |
An electromechanical analogue computer used to perform calculations for plotting the trajectory of targets in radar stations and on submarines. | 1 |
| Hun |
A pejorative term for Germans which became the basis for describing the Germans during WW1 as barbarians and savages. It originated when the Kaiser gave a speech in 1900 comparing their might to defeat the Boxer Rebellion to Attila the Hun’s campaigns. | 6 |
| Jerry |
A nickname given to Germans during WW2 by soldiers and civilians of the Allied nations, originally created during WW1. | 6 |
| Jolly Roger |
The traditional English name for the flags flown to identify a pirate ship about to attack, during the early 18th century. The most common design was the skull and crossbones symbol on a black flag. | 1 |
| Sparrow’s cough |
A slang term popularised by soldiers in WW1 meaning break of day (daybreak), dawn, very early morning. A polite variation of the term 'Sparrows’s fart'. | 1 |
| Tommy Atkins (Tommy) |
A slang for a common soldier in the British Army that is particularly associated with WW1 but was also used during WW2. | 3 |
| Wop |
A pejorative slur used to describe Italians, or people descended from Italians often used to describe the Italian enemy combatants during WW2. | 1 |
