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No Fault Found

(Stat.) There is nothing wrong with that.


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Deferred success

(adj.) A failure. cf. Off spec

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  • Off spec
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Endex

(n.) Finish. Knock it on the head cf. End of

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  • End of
  • Knock it on the head
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Finger faff

(adv.) The act of not achieving the aim through incorrect pressing of buttons due to confusion. Eg: “Sorry i was on the wrong frequency, I had a ~” cf. Fat finger


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Flapping

(v.) To be visibly and audibly distressed by something. cf. Faff, Rolling goat

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  • Fuck-Arsing
  • Ummming and Arrrhhing
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Goat

(n.) An imaginary factor which, when unleashed, causes a situation to deteriorate rapidly. cf. Rolling goat

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  • Dick dance
  • Rolling goat
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It’s a mayday

(phr.) A dire situation. Mare, Shocker

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  • Mare
  • Shocker
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Lip stall

1. (v.) To be unable to answer an unexpected question, put to you under pressure, instantly.

2. (v.) To say the wrong or inappropriate thing. cf. Brain fart


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Mandraulically

(adv.) Conduct an activity which is normally automated, without recourse to the usual level of automation. Rev cf. Practice bleed

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  • Practice bleed
  • Rev
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Mare

(n.) A horrendous experience. From Night~. May be reffered to as a Barry White~ (rhym. slang). Shocker

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  • It's a mayday
  • Shocker
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Off spec

(adj.) A poor performance. cf. Deferred success

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  • Deferred success
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Out to lunch

(adj.) Used to describe a piece of electronic equipment that is broken or not performing as it should. Lunched

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  • Lunch
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Rev

(abbr.)

1. A, now obsolete, way of performing a task. cf. Mandraulically

2. A basic form of something, Eg. “~ banter.”

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  • Emergency banter
  • Mandraulically
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Rolling goat

(sim.) A continuing disorganised terrible mess. eg. “It’s all gone to a ~”. Tits up, Clatter of bits, Ball of chalk, Cluster fuck

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  • Dick dance
  • Goat
  • Tits up
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Screw the pooch

(v.) To totally and utterly fail to achieve the objective or to die.

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  • Stoof in
  • Tent peg
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Scupper

(v.) To ruin the chances of success. “You ~ed yourself there.” Kipper


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Shocker

(n.) A horrendous experience. May be referred to as a Jarvis (rhym. slang.). Mare, Barry

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  • It's a mayday
  • Mare
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Show agian

(adv.) A poor performance during a training sortie requiring the trainee to re-fly the sortie.


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Show stopper

(n.) A factor that will cause the termination or failure of an activity, should it arise.

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  • Foot stamper
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Spoon through base height

(phr.) To blatantly break a rule. Originally to go below a predefined saftey height during air combat training. Graze the base height

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  • Graze the base height
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