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Swearing Like A Trooper: Rude Slang of World War Two - Hardcover

Trow, M.

 
9781472109828: Swearing Like A Trooper: Rude Slang of World War Two
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1472109821 ISBN 13: 9781472109828
Verlag: Constable, 2013

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In September 1939, much military slang still dated to the trenches of 1914-18 - for instance words such as 'Berthas' (meaning big breasts), taken from the German Big Bertha gun . But World War II soon gave birth to a new wave of armed forces slang such as 'wizard prang', D.S.O (Dick Shot Off), and bazookas (back to breasts again).

Some British terms came from the army's links with India, for instance 'zig-zig' or 'jig-jig' meaning sexual intercourse. Officers' euphemisms had to be acceptable in the Mess, for instance to 'lose one's cherry', 'extra-curricular activities', 'naval engagements' and 'dishonourable discharge'.

The Americans were over-paid, over-sexed and over here and brought new slang with them: 'nugget' for a girl, 'on the rag' meant having a period and 'cheesecake' was GI slang for a gorgeous girl. And this was People's War, with civilians, women and children effectively in the front line. Women in particular were smoking, drinking, dancing and swearing like no female generation before...

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

M.J. Trow is an historian and writer whose books include A Brief History of Vampires. His documentary on Cleopatra was recently screened on the National Geographic Channel. Originally from Rhondda, South Wales, he lives on the Isle of Wight.

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Verlag
Constable
Erscheinungsdatum
2013
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1472109821
ISBN 13 
9781472109828
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
112
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