The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-07
SOLDIERS COIN NEW WORDS.
Strange Language Being Constructed
Almost rs Rapidly rs CantOnment.

Baltimore SUM- \ language is being
built up at Camp Meade on the grounds
almost as rapidly as the cantonment
Itself. General Kuhn says "snoop.' 1t
is one of his favorite words. There are
no Dictionaries at Meade except those OF
French and German in use by officers
who expect 10 need those languages
-oyer there
Every captain is a skipper. The men
who called a general "od top" when
they first arrived now know better The
top" is the first sergeant. 1t is not
"old top" because most of the sergeants
are young.
TO go back to "snoop" General Kuhn
uses the word contemptuously of those
who go about with magnifying glass
10 find fault with the place, but he uses
it in a highly complimentary way in
reference TO persons who come from
elsewhere to find out about morals or
hygiene. Also he "snOops' about him
self in the 300 Kitchens.
A sinker is used to mean wrist watch.
Dumplings and fritters are not referred
to as sinkers because they do not de,
serve that designation. The army cooks
are not allowed to venture like brides
into these culinary pitfalls. Pastries are
MOI cooked in army Kitchens until the
army cooks know how to do the trick.
Stun here never refers to a place
back home where six people sleep in
one room- 1t means stew made of
n nd Mt har
Sergeant Samuels. who was down in
Mexico with General Pershlng, has
brought back this explanation: "A man
vino thought a lot Of hash would call
EfuIn i STEW; a man who thought a lot
Of stew would call slum hash, and |
can it hash that is stewed."
There are clear distinctions between
'bp6dGe" ard "bunkie."
A bumkie. il you do not like him, is
moi a buddy. A bunkie hunks near you
whether you want him to do it or not
A buddy may so off to France and still
be yUET buddy. That has happened
mere already-leaving behind a man
who would gladly go to France at his
OWEN expense on the next train if he
hDd tine money and the army allowed
hum 10 make the trip.
The ghost does not walk here That's
old Euff. The white horse is coming
down Tine line"' means that Uncle Sam
il ler1img loose 4 little OF his liberty
buDd money to pay off his soldiers.
"Firtt aid to Indigestion" means that
tSe sO7y--a clear SOUPS Oh the menu.
Pad meats, like bad pennies, turn up
aud are condemned to be destroyed.
Here is the phrase used in that connec.
tioE--spuros versenkt.
Bread is called punk without re.
gard to its quality All the bread served
here is Of high grade and the word car.
ries no information of dissatisfaction.
This punk is a noun, not an adjective.
A cot is called "squeaky."
The minstrel show" refers not to any
special entertainment, but to the con,
tinuous performance in the negro sec
tion.
A "shingle' is a piece of toast.
To check in" is to return to bar
racks, and to CHECK OUT is to make a
clean getaway with a pass. To wade
in" is to enter barracks by way of the
showed baths when it is after taps and
some little camouflage is necessary.
Rookie" is any selected many who
has been at camp for a shorter period
than the man who is talking. Those
who came here on Sept. 26 call all the
''hers rockies.