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by DEREK THOMPSON


  asap: as soon as possible

  Bagpuss: popular 1970s children's TV character

  beddy-byes: bed (childish)

  bhuna: a type of Indian curry

  Billy-no-mates: someone who is friendless or alone

  bladdered: very drunk

  bollocksed: ruined / helpless

  Brize Norton: an airbase in England

  colandered: peppered with holes

  comms: communications

  co-ord: co-ordination

  cuppa: cup of tea

  d’ya: did you

  des res: desirable residence — a nice place to live

  don't ’ang about: don't delay

  dunno: don't know

  friendlies: non-competitive soccer matches

  fuck a duck: an extreme exclamation

  guvnor: the boss

  heffalump: a fictional elephant in Winnie-the-Pooh stories

  hold up: wait a second

  int’: in the

  joggies: sweat pants

  loo: toilet

  mam: mom

  Meccano: steel and plastic construction set for children

  Mechs: mechanised infantry

  Mick: slang for some who is Irish (derogatory)

  miked up: wearing a microphone

  MoD: Ministry of Defence (equivalent to Defense Department)

  muzak: artificial 'elevator' music

  naan: type of Indian flatbread

  narked: irritated

  oop: up

  oppos: work buddies

  ow: how

  ow’s: how is

  p’raps: perhaps

  pakoras: deep-fried meat or vegetables in batter (Indian)

  paracetamol: painkiller

  Peshwari naan: delicious stuffed Indian flatbread

  play footsie: secretly rub someone else's foot with your own

  plonked: placed something without care

  ploughing: plowing

  poxy: lousy

  prat: jerk (derogatory)

  pref: preference

  prezzie: gift

  Proddy: Protestant (religious)

  recce: reconnaissance

  reet: right (accented)

  ridgeway: track or path

  s’posed: supposed

  schtum: silent (Yiddish)

  Semtex: a type of explosive

  shag: have sex with (verb) / someone you've had sex with (noun)

  shandy: ale or lager mixed with a soft drink (often lemonade)

  shite: crap

  skivvying: doing menial work

  slotted: shot and killed

  snaggle: acquire/get

  snogged: smooched/kissed

  so’s: so is

  sod ’em: screw them

  sodded off: departed/left

  soz: sorry

  squaddie: an army private

  summat: something

  suss: weigh up someone's character or motives

  sussed out: figured out

  t’loudspeaker: speaker phone

  ta: thank you

  tannoy: speaker

  telly: TV

  trier: someone who tries hard

  trolley: gurney

  trolleyed: wheeled

  two penn’orth: two pennies worth (small personal opinion)

  tutting: expression of disapproval

  twatty: like a jerk (derogatory)

  UB40: old name for UK unemployment benefits claim form

  whatshisface: what's his face (when you can't remember)

  wi’: with

  wotcha: hello/hi

  yer: you

  Yojimbo: a classic Japanese movie about a masterless samurai

  yonks: ages (from donkey's years)

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  Table of Contents

  Summary Report - In Confidence

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8
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  Chapter 9

  Chapter 10

  Chapter 11

  Chapter 12

  Chapter 13

  Chapter 14

  Chapter 15

  Chapter 16

  Chapter 17

  Chapter 18

  Chapter 19

  Chapter 20

  Chapter 21

  Chapter 22

  Chapter 23

  Chapter 24

  Chapter 25

  Chapter 26

  Chapter 27

  Chapter 28

  Chapter 29

  Chapter 30

  Chapter 31

  Chapter 32

  Chapter 33

  Chapter 34

  Chapter 35

  Chapter 36

  Chapter 37

  Chapter 38

  Chapter 39

  Chapter 40

  Chapter 41

  Chapter 42

  Chapter 43

  Glossary of British Slang Terms

 

 

 


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