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Dunno if you want this but for your (and anyone else's) perusal: http://www.usafssmisawa.com/mem-misawaese.php#mA slang guide for servicemen in Japan.
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Well, well, they must have had a very interesting time over there! I just sent one of the er, riper expressions off to my friend; I'll be interested to see if I get a response.
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Some cute loan word adaptations! I also liked PhD: Piled Higher & Deeper :)
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Thanks, I like the idea of a link just titled Misawaese.
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No warning labels? No Terms of Acceptance in which one certifies that one is 18 years of age or older or living in a country where freedom is more than a slogan?
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Thanks for the warning, Fong. You've reminded me that my server is located in the most liberal location on the planet - Tejas.
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These may be representative examples of the language used by USAFSS personnel stationed in Japan but I hasten to assure you that members of the US Naval Security Group, similarly stationed, never said such naughty things.
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Welllllll - not when you were around, anyway, Father Steve!
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We Navy types spent our time in cultural pursuits -- writing haiku, pruning our bonsai, and plotting how to beat the Army and Air Force teams at 8-man football.
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Uh-huh. And, of course, writing haiku came No. 1 on that list, didn't it? I can just see it. (That's irony, ASp!)
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Nuh-unh. It can't be irony. Father Steve's an USn.
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Yeah, but an ejumicated one ...
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Faldage trots out a lot of "odd" expressions -- when I ask him whence, he credits his time in the Navy. I just nod and say, "yes, dear."
thanks, Pfranz! I'm starting to get it!
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Poor dear ... has "haiku" and "limerick" all confused. He must have been distracted from the pain of pruning his bonsai. That's gotta hurt.
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pruning his bonsai Oh, no--you don't...surely...you couldn't...mean what I think you mean??
Homophony? I declay-uh, Miz Spahtah, I am shocked, just shocked!
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>zhongwen.com
Which, apropos of the this thread's title, has been on my list for many months now.
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found this one today as I was looking "out": http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/index.htmworth a peruse...  edit ah, sorry, I see that you have indirectly already linked to this via your slang dictionaries link... I guess I'll leave the link anywho... 
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