ruptured duck, n.

[Paul Mackin]

On 9/17/2011 11:52 AM, Joe Allonby wrote:
> The people I heard that term from served in, yes, the forties.

Jackson, I don't give a fuck.
Just give me my "ruptured duck."
Snap to, Slothrop.

P
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> On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 6:55 AM, Paul Mackin<mackin.paul at verizon.net>  wrote:
>> On 9/17/2011 9:25 AM, Joe Allonby wrote:
>>> I believe it was also used to describe the Eagle Insignia worn to
>>> indicate that an officer was not on active duty but wearing the
>>> uniform for ceremonial purposes.
>> Or because they hadn't gotten around to buying civies yet.
>>
>> This was the main use of the term in the forties.   Everybody knew it.
>>
>> You were also issued a gold colored pin to indicate that you had served. (in
>> addition to the sew-on insignia for uniforms)
>>
>> P
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>>>
>>> On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 8:16 PM, Dave Monroe<against.the.dave at gmail.com>
>>>   wrote:
>>>> OED Online Word of the Day
>>>>
>>>> ruptured duck, n.
>>>>
>>>> Pronunciation:  Brit. /ˌrʌptʃəd ˈdʌk/ , U.S. /ˌrəp(t)ʃərd ˈdək/
>>>>
>>>> Etymology:<    ruptured adj. + duck n.1
>>>>
>>>>   U.S. slang (orig. and chiefly Mil.).
>>>>
>>>> 1. A damaged aircraft.Several specific planes were nicknamed ‘the
>>>> Ruptured Duck’, notably a B-25 that was used in the 1942 Doolittle
>>>> raid on Tokyo.
>>>>
>>>> 1930    ‘W. W. Windstaff’ in S. Longstreet Canvas Falcons (1970) xvii.
>>>> 291,   I began to look for a place to bring down my ruptured duck, oil
>>>> spitting in my face.
>>>>
>>>> 1943    Los Angeles Times 28 Apr. i. 4/2   He tied our‥decoration onto
>>>> the bomb load of that plane we had nicknamed the Ruptured Duck.
>>>>
>>>> 1989    W. J. Boyne Trophy for Eagles 102   That night Bandfield
>>>> walked past the crumpled remains of the Fisk, a battered, ruptured
>>>> duck.
>>>>
>>>> 1995    S. J. Cannell Plan (1996) xl. 230,   I can't guarantee we
>>>> ain't gonna prang it in a cornfield. Bird's a ruptured duck.
>>>>
>>>> 2003    Edmonton (Alberta) Sun (Nexis) 24 Nov. 18   ‘The horror
>>>> stories are countless,’ said passenger Brian Parks of Las Vegas. ‘I'm
>>>> not getting back on that ruptured duck.’
>>>>
>>>> http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/276863
>>>>
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