THE WAR AND PEACE SHOW 2002

Slang Explained

Here are some of the term's you might hear at The Hop Farm 1942:

Word:	Meaning:
Ack-ack	Anti-aircraft fire
Bang on	Accurate (from Bomber Command)
Barrage Balloons	Voluminous elasticated knickers
Blotto	Drunk
Blower	Telephone
Brass	People in authority, especially in the forces
Brown Job	A soldier
Brylcreem boy	An airman
bumph	Paperwork
Cast Iron	Irrefutable (i.e. bullet-proof)
Dekko	Take a look (from Hindi)
In a flat spin	Confused, bewildered (from RAF term for aircraft out of control
Fleapit	Cinema
Fruit Salad	Lots of medals on a uniform
Jacksie	Hindquarters
Look, duck and vanish	LDV (Local defence Volunteers), forerunner of the Home Guard
Loose off	Shout or rant, orginally "to fire a gun"
Meat wagon	Ambulance
Moaning Minnie	Air raid siren
Packet	Load of trouble
Passion killers	Thick wollen underwear, as issued to servicewomen
Prune	Idiot who takes risks (after the cartoon character Pilot Officer Prune)
Push off	Go (Originally boating term)
Scram	Leave in a hurry (shortened version of scramble (RAF term ) )
Shaky do	A bad experience (RAF term)
Sling your hook	Leave, go away (naval term for taking down one's hammock)
Soil cinderellas	Women's Land Army
Squirt	Short person (service slang for a short burst of automatic gunfire)
Stooge	Wander or hang around
Under the counter	Illegal (goods sold in contravention of rationing regulations)
Wads	Sandwiches
Wallah	Person (from India)
Write off	Beyond repair

American Words you might hear:

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