Military Slang

[Matt Wiser]

There's other possibles: this one from WW II when Churchill was First Lord of the Admrialty before becoming Prime Minister:

"Enemy submarines are to be called U-Boats. Allied underwater craft are submarines. U-boats are those dastardly villians who sink our ships, while submarines are those gallant and noble craft which sink theirs."

A few more from the Gulf:

Baghdad Betty: Iraqi would-be Tokyo Rose who said U.S. servicemen's wives were sleeping with Tom Selleck, Paul Newman, and Bart Simpson.

Baghdad Biltmore: Iraq's main POW prison. You did NOT want to check in here.

Sammy: Saddam Hussein

Jack-in-the-Box: What happens when a T-72 takes a penetrating round that explodes the ammunition and sends the turret flying.

Cat Shot: launch of plane via catapult from carrier