Glossary of Slang and Peculiar Terms in Use in the A.I.F.

Original Manuscript

1921-1924

This is a transcribed version of the second typescript of the Glossary, dated 1924. It retains all typographical errors and grammatical and other idiosyncrasies. It is occasionally misalphabetised. We hope to make available in the near future some scanned pages of both the first and second typescript versions of the Glossary.

This section contains a selection of AIF slangs Original Manuscript, their meanings, and their etymologies.

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O

OFFICE.

A hint; information.

OFFSIDER.

Assistant. The term applies to a bullock drivers assistant who when his services are required works on the off or right hand side of the team.

OIL.

News; information.

OILED.

Drunk.

Old & Bold, The

OLD MAN GAINS EXPERIENCE.

A phrase applied to cases where a man who runs a gambling game loses in the betting.

OLD SLIPPERY.

See "Rubber-heeled Jack."

ONCKS.

Francs.

OOJAH.

Any article; one of the names given to a Fullerphone, when in the forward area when it was devised to keep its presence unknown to the enemy.

OPEN GO.

See "Fair Go."

OSCAR.

Money. An abbreviation of the rhyming slang "Oscar Asche - cash."

OUTED.

Hit with such force as to be killed or rendered temporarily senseless.

OVER THE BAGS.

An attack by Infantry.

OVER THE ODDS.

Unconscienable.

OLIVE BRANCH.

A reinforcement who arrived in a fighting unit after the Armistice.

ON ONE'S PINK EAR.

Down and out. Frequently used without the "pink."

ONE PIP (or one dot)

A Second Lieutenant.

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