Does the term 'Hooah' used in all US troops?
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HOOAH the definition can be anything other than NO. Heres a short break down. Yes, Roger, Affirmitive, I don't know but will find out. I don't care stop babbling, I heard you but have no idea what you said. Just to name a few. It is an Army thing Marines say hoorah, The nave say's AYE AYE. The Airforce says ya sure whatever.
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yup , american slang .
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No, a lot of times they are just regular words that become associated with bad things, or become slang for bad things. you know, one person says something, then everybody around you is saying it, like a domino effect.\n\nthe infamous S word was acctually an acronym. cow dung and fertilizer was shipped via the cargo hold of a ship, but they could not risk it to get wet, so it could not be on a low level. the poo boxes were marked with Ship High In Transit.\n\ncold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey IS Not acctally a lewd comment. the brass monkey was the thing that cannon balls sat in, and when it froze, it contracted, causing all the balls to fall off.\n\nthe middle finger began in the revolutionary war- when a french archer was caught, (it might be the other way around) the brits would chop off his middle finger. when the brits started to lose, the french would ride by and gloat, by showing off their intact middle finger.  \n\nfun, huh? I don't remember anymore, but basically it is a word evolution. its just made up and gains meaning.\nnobody knew what n00b meant ten years ago...
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Traditionally the address "Sir" is reserved for commissoned officers in most military forces. Some will include warrant officers as well.\n\nBut never will an enlisted man be call "Sir" while on duty and in uniform. His wife or children at home might well be inclined to call him "Sir", but that is a private matter.
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Marine is capitalized, and if you ever called me a soldier (even though I'm now a nice respectable physician) I would take your head off. The term soldier comes from the latin world for coin something like soldieri, and is akin to mercenary. Not a very safe thing to ever say to a leatherneck...young or old.\n\nedit: I got all riled up there..having just read the title. I like your thinking Fox. I was probably one of the few liberals back in my ANGLICO days, but since I was high speed/low drag I was allowed my views..as it should be. I think the military needs to be a-political. History has shown what can happen when it is not.
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Ain't is in the dictionary brother, go look it up.  And it's not just hillbillies who use it.  I live in Dallas, Texas and EVERYONE here and in the whole South uses it regularly, and we ain't all hillbillies.  Yankee.
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A redneck in American terms is the "n-word" that applies freely to white people. But since US is only  racially aware of its injustice (which is made obvious thanks to Civil Rights movement of 60s)it is okay to call people rednecks, white trash, hilbillies, hics, etc  because it only points to economical, social and cultural condition (and occasionally a racial one but since the concensus is that "white people are evil" its okay to call them names.)\n\nOf course you may say "If it is also obvious that these people are poor, backwards due to the similar reasons why black people were oppressed how and why can we freely call them rednecks?"\n\nExactly my point. \n\nBut then again like the question says: it's the American terms. The terms and conditions in US is such that there's none. \n\nMaybe it's because no one cared or dared to fight for them.
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As a kid, sometimes we said "keister", "fanny", "tail", "bohunkus", "can", or "gluteus maximus". Oh yes, and "tochis" and its variations (tushie, tookus, tush). In polite society (where it's unlikely to be referred to anyway), we would  have said "hindquarters". At home, "butt", "behind", "rear", or "a**" will work just fine.
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Technically yes,you are correct. However there are many words that have slang words or phrases also depending on where you live.  For example: Y'all is you all; A bubbler is a water fountain;a soda is a pop or sometimes a soda pop!  To each his own!
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I don't know the US, but maybe this will help: (British, I think)\n(In ascending order) st\nPrivate\nLance Corporal\nCorporal\nSargent\nCompany Quarter Master Sargent\nCompany Sargent Major\nJunior Commissioned Officer\nCommissioned Officer\n2nd Lieutenant\nLieutenant\nCaptain\nMajor\nLt-Colonel\nColonel\nBrigadier\nBrigadier General\nMajor General\nLt. General\nGeneral\nField Marshal
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It is called the NATO Phonetic Alphabet.\n\nalpha, bravo, charlie, etc.
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The closest would probably be B, however I have never heard this word said; I have read it in books published in the 1800s...I always assumed it meant "Hooray!" as in cheering.  Not a word anyone needs to know to exists in today's world!
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There are several possible sources, among them an old Choctaw indian word okeh, could be short for any of several different spellings of "all correct", including "Oll Korrect", "Orl Korrect", and "Ole Kurreck". There's an article at Wikipedia
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Troops is a generic word describing a group of any military personnel. A mixed group of soldiers, sailor, airmen, marines could be called troops.  It's not a proper military name because each branch has their own name for specific numbers of members.  Look it up in your manual.  I'm sure you have one because you're tested on it from basic training. Starting from the fewest to the most.  Remember yet?  You'll need it to advance when testing in your AFSC.  However some jobs only test on the PFE that's what I was thinking of earlier.  It's been so long since I was there I forgot what it was.
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There are many American slang words. They can vary in meaning depending on region. Try this site:\nhttp://www.manythings.org/slang/\nAlso, try http://www.urbandictionary.com/ though be warned that it's unfiltered, so a lot of it is rather unclean.
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It is true!  My brother is a soldier and told me of this when he was working with the Americans in Kosovo.  Also they have cards for recognising enemy and friendly vehicles.  Obviously they pay a lot of attention to these.
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Yes, It's used in the military.