The idea here is to create a glossary of common words and phrases, and our uncommon definitions.  The Oxford dictionary probably does not include our definitions of words like jeep, hammer, puke and many others.  Your contributions are invited: Ralph Robison

Words

bleeding	the inability to stay awake during work (typically on mids)
bloke	1. generic term for British person; 2. adj. for anything British, e.g bloke ingenuity
carbon	substance to be applied to the earpieces of a jeep 's headset
day lady/ day whore	someone who works straight day shift (day watch)
df bearings	a box of ball bearings kept in the df area - just waiting for a jeep to come looking for them
ditty bopper	X1
DITW	acronym for Days In The War - an important statistic when one is short
DOTS	acronym for Days On The Sands - similar to DITW, but one is only leaving Chicksands for another assignment
easy	someone that is tricked of fooled in a gag or prank (see carbon , spurs , tail )
EMHO Report	paperwork assignments given unsuspecting rookies to collect useless information from male co-worker pertaining to sexual prowess
FIGMO	(F**K It, Got My Orders)...The traditional acronym written on a copy of separation orders placed on your dorm door declaring to the world how little time you had left in the AF.
hammer	local young woman, especially those frequenting the Annex on "hammer night"
The Hill	a very secret place to work (and play) with people who you will appreciate much more 25 years later.
hit	successful interception of a Morse or printer message
jeep	a rookie, or someone who acts like a rookie - particularly gullible with respect to various practical jokes (see carbon , spurs , tail )
lifer	someone who self-sentences themselves to a life of government labor, or an acronym for Lazy, Inefficient F...up, Expecting Retirement..
Ping!	response meant to humiliate someone when they look down at your forefinger and thumb shaped in a circle held below your waist.
pinger	pinger - a jeep   (derivation is either because of their short basic training haircut or their ability to get "excited" fairly easily.)
puke	1. an overachiever; 2. one with an excess of military bearing, 3. might also be a lifer
rootski	a very attentive female; may or may not be classified as a hammer
seriously	what follows is probably not to be taken seriously
short	used to describe a person who has a discharge date
spurs	paper devices (shaped like a spur) attached to the back of boots/shoes of unsuspecting individuals who then walk the work areas and are ridiculed by co-workers for being so easy
swing flick	movies shown at the base theatre after midnight for shift workers
tail	typically, the perforated edge of continuous forms suspended from the belt loop of a jeep - the longer the better
whanker	someone who masturbates; a derogatory term to describe a friend who has done something stupid or thoughtless
willy	English term for penis

Phrases

let's keep it clean	usually used when someone was not
that's what she said	multi-purpose punch line