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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UMPTEEN.

Any number of.

UNEXPECTED PORTION.

An uronic [sic] perversion of the familiar official phrase "unexpended portion of the day's rations." It originated in times when owing to avoidable or unavoidable causes no rations arrived for the troops.

UP JUMP.

Upstart; interloper.

UP THE LINE.

In action, "Up the line with the best of luck" - a sartical [sic] phrase applied to men who after being in safe occupations, were returned to the fighting units.

UP TO PUTTY.