WW II Acronyms and Words-- Part 7 : SNAFU, SOS and Zippo

SNAFU

Stands for Situation Normal, All _____ Up.  Meant there was a screw up of some sort and everyone knows this does not happen in the military.

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SOS

Shorthand for "____ On A Shingle."  This was usually a breakfast meal composed of chipped beef in a white sauce on a piece of   white toast.  Said the man giving this information:  "I must confess, I loved SOS because eggs and potatoes were packaged in dehydrated form, and when the cooks aded water --- it did make for a very appetizing meal."

Myself, I really like SOS.

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ZIPPO LIGHTER

The Zippo lighter was constructed so that the wind would not blow out the flame.  Just about everyone who smoked wanted to own a Zippo.  And they had that special smell.

--GreGen

How Well Do You Know Your World War II Slang?-- Part 1: SNAFU

From Zoo. How Well Do You Know Your World War II Slang?

They give you options to choose.

1.  A letter from one's sweetheart (not a breaking up letter) was called?

2.  Becoming acclimated to the way a ship moved meant a sailor was getting his?

3.  What is a SNAFU?

4.  "Kilroy Was Here" was a type of ?

Answers:

1.  Sugar Report    I guessed correctly on this.  "Dear John" would have been too easy.

2.  Sea Legs

3.  "Situation Normal, All F'd Up   The "F" word was used a whole lot during the war.

4.  Graffiti  It is engraved on the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C..  Kilroy was a bald man, sometimes shown with a few hairs, with a big long nose who peeked over a wall with his fingers own each hand clutching to the wall.

I Got Them All Right So Far.  --GreGen