SOLDIERING ON

We can thank soldiers and sailors for the words ‘umpteen’ and ‘skedaddle’. Here’s more military slang that deserves use.

• Crumb catcher: mouth.

• Flight suit insert: pilot.

• Fruit salad: ribbons and medals worn on a uniform.

• Galloping dandruff: lice.

• Fang farrier: army dentist.

• Ink stick: pen.

• Left-handed monkey wrench: a nonexistent item recruits are tricked into looking for.

• Soup sandwich: a situation that has gone horribly wrong.

• Oxygen thief: someone who talks too much.

• Voluntold: forcibly volunteered for an assignment.