{"product_id":"9781682614952","title":"Embrace the Suck","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMILSPEAK: Slang for military jargon, troop idioms, and Pentagonese. The perfect gift for anyone who is in the military, veterans, or who plans to serve.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMembers 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis comprehensive field manual, complete with descriptive and humorous illustrations, includes more than 500 colorful entries including: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVoluntold\u003c\/i\u003e: Derisive slang for “I was ordered to volunteer.”\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBack to the taxpayers\u003c\/i\u003e: Navy slang for where a wrecked aircraft gets sent.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDome of obedience\u003c\/i\u003e: Slang for a military helmet. Also called a brain bucket or Skid Lid.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEchelons above reality\u003c\/i\u003e: Higher headquarters where no one has an idea about what is really happening.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmbrace the suck\u003c\/i\u003e: The situation is bad, deal with it.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmbrace the Suck\u003c\/i\u003e is the perfect gift for the soldier, sailor, marine, or airman in your life—or for the \u003ci\u003eBeltway Clerk*\u003c\/i\u003e who yearns to speak like one. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e*\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eDerisive 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bombardier Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47052154700016,"sku":"9781682614952","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781682614952_p0.jpg?v=1763697662","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781682614952","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}