CADET'S LINGO

 

 

PHILIPPINE MILITARY ACADEMY

(CADET'S LINGO)

1. Antics - Peculiarities.
2. Area Bird - A cadet who serves punishment by walking hours on the ground. A cadet who perennially serves such punishments.
3. Arena - The area where punishment tours are served.
4. Aso - A cadet who violated the honor code. A cadet who is ostracized by the Cadet Corps for such violation.
5. A.M.O. - Assistant Mess Officer.
6. Balisong - A native of Batangas (Archaic).
7. Barrister - A cadet taking finals in law (Archaic).
8. Baron - The Cadet First Captain.
9. B.B. - Bulletin Board.
10. Bell Buttons - The buttons on the cadet full dress uniform.
11. Benguet Lily - A beautiful girl. Baguio Lass.
12. Baguio Beans - A native of Baguio City, usually a cadet.
13. Black Paint - Shoe polish.
14. Bok - Informal name for a classmate.
15. Booga-Booga - A woman.
16. Boomboom - Expression for serving punishment, touring.
17. Boloman - One who is unqualified in marksmanship training. One who is unqualified in bayonet course (Archaic).
18. Boodle - Food.
19. Boodlefight - A Corps tradition where food is served free for all.
20. Boom - Something offensive (Archaic).
21. Bow-Wow - The Regimental Adjutant. So said because of the bark-like commands he issues during parades.
22. Brace-Up - To assume a position of rigid attention.
23. Bricks - Bread served in the mess hall (Archaic).
24. Broadcast - Orders published in the mess hall (Archaic).
25. Bronco - Orders published in the mess hall.
26. BTB - Acronym for "Back to Barracks."
27. Buaya - A native of Cagayan.
28. Buga - Exhale, exerting best efforts.
29. Bugle - To avoid reciting by standing before the board until the end of classes (Archaic).
30. Bull - A First Class Cadet.
31. Bull Ring - The graduation ring.
32. Busted Aristocrat - A cadet officeer who has been demoted., Also B.A.
33. Butter Balls - Bell buttons (Archaic).
34. By Golo - "By Golly!"
35. Call To Quarters - Study period. A time when cadets are forbidden from going to other rooms.
36. Carabao - One who does not dance (Archaic).
37. Cavalier - A bow-legged individual (Archaic). The formal address used among alumni. A greeting used by an upperclassman to a member of a lower class after the latter has had at least 20 hours of walking the area of fatigue punishment.
38. Cit - A civilian (Archaic).
39. Cits - Civilian clothing (Archaic).
40. Clippers - Post Barber (Archaic).
41. Close Call - Call to quarters.
42. Cochero - The section goat (Archaic).
43. Com - The Commandant of Cadets.
44. Comics - The Officer-in-Charge (O.C.). An inspecting officer.
45. Coolments - "Cool" veneer.
46. Cools - Members of Foxtrot company.
47. Cow - A Secondclassman or Second Class Cadet.
48. Cowboy - A cadet taking equitation (Archaic).
49. Cuspidor - Field helmet (Archaic).
50. D.B. - Daily Bulletin.
51. Dead End - The Tactical Department (Archaic).
52. Dead Meat - Slow moving, sluggish cadet.
53. Dit-Dit - Machine gun course (Archaic).
54. D.P. - Dining Privilege.
55. D.R. - Delinquency Report.
56. Drag - A cadet's date in a hop or dance.
57. Dragon - The male partnher of a femal cadet.
58. Draw Cards - Command given by the instructor for the cadets to get the test papers for an exam or quiz.
59. Ducrot - A plebe.
60. Dumbguard - A plebe.
61. Dugumon - Non-standard whachamacalit?
62. Dugunit - Variant of dugumon.
63. Dumbflicket - A plebe.
64. Dumbjohn - A plebe
65. Everlasting - A faithful one and only (Archaic).
66. F.B.I. - Full blooded Ilocano. Full-blooded Igorot.
67. Fatigue Duty - When one is entertaining an unexpected visitor, usually the visit is not looked forward to.
68. Feather Duster - Plume used by cadet officers (Archaic).
69. Femme - A cadet sweetheart.
70. Finalist - A cadet taking final exams.
71. Firstclassman - A senior cadet.
72. Fooling - Malingering; something executed improperly.
73. Fried Egg - The Academy insignia.
74. Fourthclassman - A freshman cadet. The formal address of plebes to each other.
75. Garricks - Rare. Members of the Dialectic Society.
76. G-Men - Members of the guard detail (Archaic).
77. Goat - Least ranking cadet in the class order of merit.
78. G-String - Sash of cadet officers.
79. Grass - Vegetables served in the mess hall (Archaic).
80. Graydet - A cadet.
81. Gray Line - The alumni body of PMA.
82. Grease - Butter (Archaic).
83. Hell Cats - Members of the Bugle Corps (Archaic).
84. Hop - A cadet dance.
85. Horsey-Horsey - Equitation Class.
86. Hurricane - Water in the mess hall.
87. Idlers - Cadet in sick confinement (Archaic).
88. Immaculate - Upperclassmen.
89. In The Red - In debt.
90. John Doe - Instructor in Law.
91. Junk Yard - Trunkroom.
92. Katay/Timbog - Failing a subject; getting caught for a grave offense.
93. Kaydet - Cadet.
94. Kaydet Girl - A cadet's girl. A Corps sweetheart, especially one featured in the Corps magazine.
95. Kevinism - Showing affection to another cadet of the oppossite sex.
96. Kupal - A word describing a person who has bad manners and conduct.
97. Leather - Rare - Beef steak.
98. Life Savers - Rare - suspenders.
99. Lighter - Toothpaste.
100. Loony Hall - Luna Hall in Teacher's Camp (Obsolete).
101. Lothar - A big, husky plebe (Obsolete).
102. Magan - Very strict, hard-headed.
103. Mandaragat - Navyman.
104. Mato - Stupid (Bastardized from English "mutt".
105. Mistah - A classmate. The formal, intimate address used by classmates.
106. Moocher - A cadet who goes to a hop without a partner; a ballroom freelancer.
107. Nappy - Rare-Sleepy head.
108. Number One - Standing operating procedure (SOP) or actions done by a cadet, usually a fourthclass cadet as dictated by an upperclassman.
109. O.A.M. - One among many (Archaic).
110. O.A.O. - One and only; a femme.
111. O.C. - Officer-in-Charge.
112. O.D. - Officer of the Day.
113. O.G. - Officer of the Guard.
114. On The Blue - Out of debt.
115. Ostracize - To banish from the group; shun. To avoid communicating in any manner to another cadet, especially to one who violated the honor code.
116. Otacs - Tactical officer.
117. Paka-Ang-Kang - Awkward and clumsy.
118. Paradise Lost - An ex-femme (Archaic).
119. Parasite - A cadet who goes to hops without a drag.
120. Parralax - One who cannot see things straight (Archaic).
121. Peemayer - Alumnus.
122. Pilgrims - Girls who visit cadets regularly.
123. Plebe - Freshman; a Fourthclass Cadet.
124. Plebe Knowledge - A collective body of poems, rhymes, and verses a plebe must memorize verbatim. One such knowledge.
125. Poop Sheet - Instruction pamphlet or sheet.
126. Pussycat - Suave, sluggish, lazy individual (Archaic).
127. Rally - Cram.
128. Rammer - Pompom for the Shako.
129. Recognize - TTo place a Fourthclassman on upperclassman status.
130. Riviera - Post Hospital (Archaic).
131. R.H.I.P. - Rank Has Its Privileges.
132. Rooted - To remain at the blackboard until the end of the period without solving the problems.
133. Rot - To received a failing grade in a recitation; not to progress in any activity.
134. Rottment - In the state of being difficult, a tiring activity.
135. Rumba Negra - Marching out of steps.
136. Seatwork - Quiz, exam, the questions in such an exam.
137. Secondclassman - A junior; a cadet on his third year at the Academy.
138. Se Me Requierre - Spanish mestizo or mestiza (Archaic).
139. Shaku - "Shabby-Kupal," the mixed character of a cadet who is always asking for unnatural favors and unusually strict.
140. Shoot - Speak out.
141. Shylock - A thrifty fellow; the treasurer.
142. S.I. - Saturday Inspection.
143. Side Shot - Academic Building (Archaic).
144. Sincerely - Too much.
145. Skag - Cigarette.
146. Skin - Look for offense; said of officer performing an inspection.
147. Slaughterhouse - Academic Building (Archaic).
148. Slug - A special punishment from Tactics Group.
149. Sluggable - A grave offense. Vulgar. An ugly woman.
150. Star - A star worn at the collar of a cadet's dress uniform in recognition of his excellence in academics.
151. Starman - A distinguished cadet. A cadet whose general weighted average for the whole year is not lower than 90%.
152. S.T.O. - Senior Tactical Officer.
153. Supe - Superintendent of the Philippine Military Academy.
154. Tac-O - Tactical Officer.
155. Taps - A bugle call sounded at night as an order for lights to be out and cadets to sleep, also sounded at funerals and memorial services.
156. Tedaks - A cadet.
157. Thirdclassman - A sophomore; a cadet on his second year at the Academy.
158. T.P. - Toilet paper; Tissue paper.
159. Unit Exam - A long exam, the weighted grade average of which is equal to two seatworks.
160. Vault File - A compilation of an exam in a certain subject. Vulgar - A femme who passed on from one class to another.
161. Verify - Look, see.
162. Visit - To go to another room. The act of violating study period or call to quarters by going to another room.
163. Wagam - Same as "Wapang!"
164. Wapang - An exclamatory expression for "Patay!"
165. Warrior - A cadet taking final exams.
166. Wife - A bunkmate; the other occupant of an army bunk. The rifle issued to a cadet.
167. Yearling - A sophomore, a thirdclassman.