You mean BROWNSMTRACE I think.
He posted something just a few days ago. Maybe he got the sh!ts over something and asked to be deleted.
Select to expand quotecisco said..
You mean BROWNSMTRACE I think.
He posted something just a few days ago. Maybe he got the sh!ts over something and asked to be deleted.
I don't think so cisco. I have been communicating with him, he is an ex pusser.
Select to expand quoteMorningBird said..cisco said..
You mean BROWNSMTRACE I think.
He posted something just a few days ago. Maybe he got the sh!ts over something and asked to be deleted.
I don't think so cisco. I have been communicating with him, he is an ex pusser.
For those of us outside the loop, what is a pusser?
Select to expand quoteYara said..MorningBird said..cisco said..
You mean BROWNSMTRACE I think.
He posted something just a few days ago. Maybe he got the sh!ts over something and asked to be deleted.
I don't think so cisco. I have been communicating with him, he is an ex pusser.
For those of us outside the loop, what is a pusser?
I googled,
This list is of SOME common slang terms used in Pussers (RAN)
www.pussersgreenies.org/glossary.html
No need to be in the navy to be called this 
MUPPET Naval Apprentice ( Most Useless Pricks Pussers Ever Trained )
Yep he's still around. A number of posts over the last couple of weeks. I'm still in contact with as well. Nice bloke.
Select to expand quoteCraig66 said..Yara said..MorningBird said..cisco said..
You mean BROWNSMTRACE I think.
He posted something just a few days ago. Maybe he got the sh!ts over something and asked to be deleted.
I don't think so cisco. I have been communicating with him, he is an ex pusser.
For those of us outside the loop, what is a pusser?
I googled,
This list is of SOME common slang terms used in Pussers (RAN)
www.pussersgreenies.org/glossary.html
No need to be in the navy to be called this
MUPPET Naval Apprentice ( Most Useless Pricks Pussers Ever Trained )
Yep, RAN or ex RAN. Many of us on here.
So where did a word like that come from? Think they call that etymology of the word.
Select to expand quoteCraig66 said..
SO many post but vanished ??????
writers block ?
Select to expand quoteYara said..
So where did a word like that come from? Think they call that etymology of the word.
i love etymology. as far as i can see, "pusser" was originally slang for a ship's "purser".
i wonder how the term came to be used as slang for the whole RAN?
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MUPPET Naval Apprentice ( Most Useless Pricks Pussers Ever Trained )
Not quite right. Naval apprentices were called MOBIs. That stands for Most Objectionable Bastards Imagineable.
Muppet was never a term I heard used when I was in the outfit.
The term "pusser" I believe came from the R.N.
Some other common terms used.
SCRAN:- meals and meal times, ie, Sh!t Cooked up by the RAN.
DIT = Story, book, comic, movie.
Maccas = lollies or sweets (certainly not MacDonalds)
Goffas = Soft drinks
Gippers = stuff
Scrub 'round it = don't worry about it, forget about it
Steppers = clothes for wearing ashore on leave
Getters = thongs
Pigs = grunters = officers
Dun rooters = old blokes usually resident in the chief petty officer's mess
Squarie = girlfriend or wife
Sprog = someone who has just joined up and will continue to be a sprog for at least 6 months
Warrie = comic or movie about war
Yippie = comic or movie about cowboys
Stumper = ****ter = turd burglar
RNer = person who does not wash often, same as British Navy people
Dibdab = Deck seaman, ie dib the brush in the paint tin and dab it on the deck or wherever also known as deck apes
Greenie = electrical trades person
Tiffie = a MOBI who has qualified in his engineering trade without whom the Navy could not function.
Birdie = member of the fleet air arm
Bandie = member of Navy Band
Bubblie = diver
There are many more that I forget.
Select to expand quotecisco said..Craig66 said..
MUPPET Naval Apprentice ( Most Useless Pricks Pussers Ever Trained )
Not quite right. Naval apprentices were called MOBIs. That stands for Most Objectionable Bastards Imagineable.
Muppet was never a term I heard used when I was in the outfit.
The term "pusser" I believe came from the R.N.
Some other common terms used.
SCRAN:- meals and meal times, ie, Sh!t Cooked up by the RAN.
DIT = Story, book, comic, movie.
Maccas = lollies or sweets (certainly not MacDonalds)
Goffas = Soft drinks
Gippers = stuff
Scrub 'round it = don't worry about it, forget about it
Steppers = clothes for wearing ashore on leave
Getters = thongs
Pigs = grunters = officers
Dun rooters = old blokes usually resident in the chief petty officer's mess
Squarie = girlfriend or wife
Sprog = someone who has just joined up and will continue to be a sprog for at least 6 months
Warrie = comic or movie about war
Yippie = comic or movie about cowboys
Stumper = ****ter = turd burglar
RNer = person who does not wash often, same as British Navy people
Dibdab = Deck seaman, ie dib the brush in the paint tin and dab it on the deck or wherever also known as deck apes
Greenie = electrical trades person
Tiffie = a MOBI who has qualified in his engineering trade without whom the Navy could not function.
Birdie = member of the fleet air arm
Bandie = member of Navy Band
Bubblie = diver
There are many more that I forget.
Love it....but I've got to tell you Cisco, had I joined the Navy I would definitely have qualified as a Muppet.
