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'''Pogue''' is US military slang used by Infantry or other combat troops to refer to support or service personnel who seemingly have an easier and safer job. A related term is the acronym [[REMF]]. |
'''Pogue''' is US military slang used by Infantry or other combat troops to refer to support or service personnel who seemingly have an easier and safer job. A related term is the acronym [[REMF]]. |
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Beyond its military use '''Pogue''' is known to be used in civilian circles to describe a person who is attached to a less than admirable social position, someone who poses to be more than they really are, or attached to someone who is inept. ''band pogue, f.ckin pogue, or just plain pogue''. |
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The origin of the word is from the Gaelic, roughly translated as 'kiss'. Pogue Mahone is a common slang gaelic phrase, which translates to 'kiss my ass'. This word passed into common use with the massive wave of Irish born immigrants that swelled the ranks of the US Army both before and after the American civil war. |
The origin of the word is from the Gaelic, roughly translated as 'kiss'. Pogue Mahone is a common slang gaelic phrase, which translates to 'kiss my ass'. This word passed into common use with the massive wave of Irish born immigrants that swelled the ranks of the US Army both before and after the American civil war. |
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Revision as of 22:58, 18 April 2007
Pogue is US military slang used by Infantry or other combat troops to refer to support or service personnel who seemingly have an easier and safer job. A related term is the acronym REMF.
Beyond its military use Pogue is known to be used in civilian circles to describe a person who is attached to a less than admirable social position, someone who poses to be more than they really are, or attached to someone who is inept. band pogue, f.ckin pogue, or just plain pogue.
The origin of the word is from the Gaelic, roughly translated as 'kiss'. Pogue Mahone is a common slang gaelic phrase, which translates to 'kiss my ass'. This word passed into common use with the massive wave of Irish born immigrants that swelled the ranks of the US Army both before and after the American civil war.
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