| Show in Winder er Jive fF F are throw throw- i n fl their dictionaries and andI y of Noah Webster is I in his grave For Forthe over the eastern slopes of rei O on city City a new fleW language aJI Lake into being When a mustard goofs the peashooter off the wet beam beamand beamand beamand and is forced breed to hit the silk its it's a sure thing the dodos boys and di da artists arent aren't go going going go- go ing to look in the dictionary to gig and spin on about it at the G. G I. I struggle Mustards Dodos Get But its it's a safe sale bet too that the lay pub public ic 1 wont won't know what these about sky winders in ers are talking and the skipper will have haves to minus dictionary I what goes on At Fort Douglas s headquarters of the Twentieth bombardment nn wing the American language has suddenly become the rich hodge hOdgepOdge podge of oi the mechanized slang o of motors o of power diving diving diving div div- ing bombers combat cars air patrols and short flights To the air corps man the slang is as easy to under understand ta Gig Gigand and Spin on About New Boudoir Bo doir Chatter as the talk of an American boy but to the ordinary citizens its it's a nightmare A mustard for instance is a smart airplane pilot When he goofs the peashooter off oU th the vet wet beam it means he has lost his way in a pursuit ship following I the course of a river And when he is forced to hit the silk it means he has had to make a parachute jump The boys di da artIsts artists artists art art- and dodos are are- the draftees radio operators and flying ca cadets cadets cadets ca- ca who haven't made their first solo sold flights who are going to to get excited gig excited gig and talk about It spin it spin on on at at the post dance The dance is the G. G I. I struggle struggle government government I issue s s sue U e struggle where struggle where the conversation conversation conversation conversa conversa- tion oc occurs urs And nd its it's the squadron com com- T Tander mander ander or skipper who vill will have to explain what these sky winders or air corps men are about He can in addition explain many of the other words that sound like Chinese when the boys get together for a little confab at the post When an air corps man talks aviation in the barracks he is bunk flying and when he goes to the boudoir he Is actually actually actually actu actu- ally going to the squad tent At the mess table he asks for cream and sugar by saying he wants side arms and when he wants to tell you the dishwasher dishwasher dishwasher dish dish- washer will do the washing after lunch he s says ys the China clipper will vill now do a bubble dance Prunes arent aren't prunes to him they're army straw straw- x xA berries A bomber is a flying boxcar an air patrol is a a blitz a-blitz blitz a short flight is a hedge hop a combat car is a jeep and a staff car is a ablitz ablitz ablitz blitz wagon To him camera fans are shutter shutter shutter shut shut- ter bugs a photographic dark darkroom darkroom darkroom room a mole hole and persons interested in photography are arc hypo happy Tell him something he does not believe and hell he'll tell you that is just so much prop wash or say that youre you're In a cockpit fog mentally fog mentally lost Other choice v vocabulary 0 cab u la r y twisters are taxi up which means to get or to come here i IC for inspected and cond condemned condemned con con- d geese for bombers Information in information information formation button chopper for a laundry grandma for low gear and juice jerker to denote an electrician Perhaps the most colorful words the enlisted men use are those referring to the brass hats who give them orders A generals general's car is nothing more than a wheelbarrow and the flight commanders commander's airplane nothing less than a washing ma ma- chine |
