Examples
“If I can say “what up nigger” to the black guys in my rugby team without being thrown out of the league then HRH should be able to call his squaddie mates whatever he wants.”
“Just finished reading "squaddie" by Steve Mclaughlin, pretty good to say it, s his first book.”
“Halo 3 ODST has left the big supertrooper thing and you play as a normal squaddie.”
“Former squaddie D'Arcy learns the ropes, takes the shivs and gets into painful situations.”
“The name used by a squaddie entering one of these shops to the shopkeeper was always “Muckerjhee”, no matter what his real name.”
“Indeed, I might well have met the future Inspector Gadget there in his squaddie days!”
“I am aware that it would take an act of parliament to deploy troops on the street, (as a former squaddie i am well aware of the rights and regulations regarding troop deployment in civilian areas, Yellow card anyone?)”
London G20 Police outnumbered and attacked « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
“Who started this, why and when? on February 11, 2010 at 6: 00 am Ex squaddie/cop”
Why front-line police officers are glad about Dizaei « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
“Catch all in the squaddie mob as thee should remember when thee look at thy beret .. on September 5, 2008 at 5: 34 am | Reply happy pig”
Never Trust The Dog With Ginger Eyebrows « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
“And … again as stated earlier …. the squaddie/matelot/brylcream boy would have sorted the gobby person out.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘squaddie’.
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Squ-
All those fun words that begin with squ-. Be careful; this list is hard to read without some serious eye-crossage.
squid, squab, square, squeegee, squirt, squire, squib, squelch, squabble, squad, squally, squalled and 228 more...
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Informal
canary, wishy-washy, brummie, veep, kludge, beaut, moniker, humongous, tushie, ponce, Chinaman, cocky and 44 more...
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Awaydays (2009)
Words from a 2009 'Awaydays' film.
catch up, beaut, swill, ponce, buck, bevvy, la, divvy, baddie, noose, deffo, mooch around and 36 more...
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Literarie: Mussolini: My Part In His ...
Bits from the predictably odd and chaotic Spike Milligan book of this title. He writes in diary-style about his service in the British Army's World War II campaign in Italy.
"I admit the way...b4, matelot, asleep, landing, fags, spam, ash wednesday, derv, nebelwurfer, the shits, hole in the ground, cookhouse and 79 more...
Tweets
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bilby "It was stockings and knickers that seemed to be the main purchases, thousands of parcels were in transit to wives, girlfriends (and some boyfriends), the basic reason was the sexual thrill the squaddie had in buying them and waiting for that inevitable letter saying, 'When you come home you can put them on for me.' Alas, by the time they got home some bloody American had already taken them off."
- Spike Milligan, 'Mussolini: My Part In His Downfall'. Apr 25, 2009