RAF Slang Challenge
How well do you know your World War II RAF slang?
Have a look at the lists below. Can you match the slang words to the definitions? You could even challenge someone to compete against you.
When you think you have got them all right, open the document at the bottom for the answers- no cheating!
| SLANG WORDS | DEFINITION |
| Gong
Char Piece of cake Second dicky Scramble Elsan Square bashing Tug Gone for a Burton Meat Wagon Observatory Mae-west Scrounge Queen Mary Prang Nursery Brassed off The drink Heat wagon Tail-end Charlie Flap Kite Happy valley Fruit salad Navvy Goggle Goblin Mossy Touch bottom Pancake Tally-ho Umbrella Silver Sausage Lady bird Tangled up in soup Use you loaf Plaster Strafe Pull your finger out Bandits Bogey Wimpey |
Enemy Aircraft
Unidentified Aircraft Order to take off quickly Order to return to base Notification that a pilot is beginning his attack Medal Ribbons with the medal Nickname for a Wellington Bomber Tea Use your brain/think about it Parachute Aircraft to which gliders were attached To make a crash landing To be lost Rear-gunner To attack Training or drill A Barage balloon The sea WAAF Officer Aeroplane Ambulance Fire Engine Life Jacket Nickname for a Mosquito bomber Elementary Training/Flying School Navigator To chat/talk Astrodome on Aircraft Easy Crash Landing To bomb heavily Hurry up Hurry up To obtain illicitly Reserve pilot on an aircraft Aircrew nickname for the Ruhr Valley, Germany Dead Night-fighter pilot Panic/excitement Chemical toilet on an aircraft Down/Depressed |
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RAF Slang Challenge- the answers!
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