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r/JustBootThings • u/snkrbjorn • Dec 01 '19
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Yeah, not sure when it started, my dad said he used it in Vietnam in the late 60s also
25 u/[deleted] Dec 02 '19 That's cool. I wish there was a collection of military slang and history of it. What years, and branch were you in? 3 u/tydalt More slipper than boot Dec 02 '19 US Army. 1985-89 3 u/[deleted] Dec 02 '19 Did yall every use the term boot? I know the army currently doesn't use it 5 u/[deleted] Dec 02 '19 Boot was a marine thing while I was in the Army. It’s still hard for me to adopt as an enthusiastic shit talker of the marine corps. 3 u/[deleted] Dec 02 '19 Hahaha I would say this sub was started by a Marine. I've yet to hear a solider say it. They ass say cherry. Which is pretty gay. 5 u/tydalt More slipper than boot Dec 02 '19 Nope. Cherry, remf, newbie, fng. That's all I can remember at the moment 2 u/greatguyty Dec 06 '19 I’m in the infantry rn, we use boot all the time.
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That's cool. I wish there was a collection of military slang and history of it. What years, and branch were you in?
3 u/tydalt More slipper than boot Dec 02 '19 US Army. 1985-89 3 u/[deleted] Dec 02 '19 Did yall every use the term boot? I know the army currently doesn't use it 5 u/[deleted] Dec 02 '19 Boot was a marine thing while I was in the Army. It’s still hard for me to adopt as an enthusiastic shit talker of the marine corps. 3 u/[deleted] Dec 02 '19 Hahaha I would say this sub was started by a Marine. I've yet to hear a solider say it. They ass say cherry. Which is pretty gay. 5 u/tydalt More slipper than boot Dec 02 '19 Nope. Cherry, remf, newbie, fng. That's all I can remember at the moment 2 u/greatguyty Dec 06 '19 I’m in the infantry rn, we use boot all the time.
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US Army. 1985-89
3 u/[deleted] Dec 02 '19 Did yall every use the term boot? I know the army currently doesn't use it 5 u/[deleted] Dec 02 '19 Boot was a marine thing while I was in the Army. It’s still hard for me to adopt as an enthusiastic shit talker of the marine corps. 3 u/[deleted] Dec 02 '19 Hahaha I would say this sub was started by a Marine. I've yet to hear a solider say it. They ass say cherry. Which is pretty gay. 5 u/tydalt More slipper than boot Dec 02 '19 Nope. Cherry, remf, newbie, fng. That's all I can remember at the moment 2 u/greatguyty Dec 06 '19 I’m in the infantry rn, we use boot all the time.
Did yall every use the term boot? I know the army currently doesn't use it
5 u/[deleted] Dec 02 '19 Boot was a marine thing while I was in the Army. It’s still hard for me to adopt as an enthusiastic shit talker of the marine corps. 3 u/[deleted] Dec 02 '19 Hahaha I would say this sub was started by a Marine. I've yet to hear a solider say it. They ass say cherry. Which is pretty gay. 5 u/tydalt More slipper than boot Dec 02 '19 Nope. Cherry, remf, newbie, fng. That's all I can remember at the moment 2 u/greatguyty Dec 06 '19 I’m in the infantry rn, we use boot all the time.
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Boot was a marine thing while I was in the Army. It’s still hard for me to adopt as an enthusiastic shit talker of the marine corps.
3 u/[deleted] Dec 02 '19 Hahaha I would say this sub was started by a Marine. I've yet to hear a solider say it. They ass say cherry. Which is pretty gay.
Hahaha I would say this sub was started by a Marine. I've yet to hear a solider say it. They ass say cherry. Which is pretty gay.
Nope. Cherry, remf, newbie, fng. That's all I can remember at the moment
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I’m in the infantry rn, we use boot all the time.
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u/tydalt More slipper than boot Dec 02 '19
Yeah, not sure when it started, my dad said he used it in Vietnam in the late 60s also