The Dictionary of American Slang, Ctd.
commfu: n. Complete monumental military fuck-up. W.W.II Armed Forces use; euphemistic acronym formed by analogy with “snafu”
(I thought this was appropriate given the latest news from Afghanistan.)
The Dictionary of American Slang
sin-hound: n. A chaplain. Some prison and Army use c1920.
The Dictionary of American Slang, Ctd.
wind pudding: Nothing to eat. Usu. in phrase “to live on wind pudding” = to have nothing to eat and no means of getting anything. Hobo use.
The Dictionary of American Slang, Ctd.
read one’s plate: 1. To say grace or give thanks at mealtime. Southern hill use. 2. To eat in silence; to be forced to eat in silence as punishment.
The Dictionary of American Slang, Ctd.
lunch-hooks: n. pl. 1. The hands, the fingers. Most common c1900. 2 The teeth. Some c1900 use. 3. Fig., adverse or critical remarks. 1952: “It is difficult to caricature Mickey Spillane. But [Ira] Wallach [in his Hopalong-Freud Rides Again] has managed to get a set of predatory lunch-hooks into him.” G. Millstein in N.Y. Times Bk. Rev., Sept. 14, 7/1.