{"product_id":"2940158807206","title":"Embrace the Suck","description":"Members of America's armed forces have their own distinctive language: milspeak. Especially since WWII, soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines have invented and adapted their own slang vocabularies, creating a colorful insider's lingo of bureaucratic buzzwords, acronyms, mock jargon, dark humor, and outright profanity. Milspeak gives a unique and touching insight into military life from basic training to the trenches; from the flightdeck to the cockpit. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis comprehensive field manual, complete with descriptive and humorous illustrations, includes more than 500 colorful entries including: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVoluntold: Derisive slang for \"I was ordered to volunteer.\" \u003cbr\u003eBack to the taxpayers: Navy slang for where a wrecked aircraft gets sent. \u003cbr\u003eDome of obedience: Slang for a military helmet. Also called a brain bucket or Skid Lid. \u003cbr\u003eEchelons above reality: Higher headquarters where no one has an idea about what is really happening. \u003cbr\u003eEmbrace the suck: The situation is bad, deal with it. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eEmbrace the Suck is the perfect gift for the soldier, sailor, marine, or airman in your life--or for the Beltway Clerk* who yearns to speak like one.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*Derisive term for a Washington political operative or civilian political hatchet man. May refer to so-called \"Washington defense experts\" who've never served in the armed forces.","brand":"Bombardier Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47100796731632,"sku":"2940158807206","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940158807206_p0.jpg?v=1764120722","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940158807206","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}