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Question: military term but what does it mean and why do military types get all uppity when you call a gun a gun, they seem to prefer it called a piece or weapon.
Answers: military term but what does it mean and why do military types get all uppity when you call a gun a gun, they seem to prefer it called a piece or weapon.
This from Wikipedia~KP as a military designation
KP duty is "kitchen police" work under the kitchen staff assigned to U.S. enlisted military personnel. "Kitchen police" can be either the work or the personnel assigned to perform such work. In the latter sense it can be used for either military or civilian personnel assigned or hired for duties in the military dining facility excluding cooking.
Read the rest at Wikipedia. It's far too lengthy to post here.
As for the gun/piece/weapon, I can't say. I haven't found anything about that in military jargon though it might be there somewhere. I'd like to find out about "niner", too. Have you noticed that one?
Or, how about "five by five"? I still haven't tracked it down.
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I am sort of familiar with some military jargon because my dad and my two uncles were in various branches of the service during World War II and Korea.
I finally had the mystery of "Charlie Noble" solved by a fellow over at The Mudcat Cafe, who happens to go by that name. You see, my dad would be talking to someone or wave at somebody, and we would ask who it was. He always said, "Charlie Noble." The Mudcat guy directed me to a pageful of Navy slang; there it was! You DO learn something every day~sometimes several somethings!
Nice movie. Great dialogs. Yes a gun or a weapon whatever it does the same job.
I love that Pacino movie!!! As far as I can remember from my friends who were overseas, KP meant kitchen prep duty. No one wants to call a gun simply a gun.
K. P. stands for kitchen police. Police however in this case means you police up the empty pots and pans and wash them and basically do what the mess sergeant tells you.
As to the weapon/gun question, watch "Full Metal Jacket" and you'll understand.
or pick up a rifle and say this is my weapon
now put your right hand on your "tool"
and say this is my gun
one is for fighting
one is for fun
in the military, you do not call a rifle or pistol a gun
it is a weapon.
Good luck
Edit: Wow, Mystmoon knows her stuff.
To "PULL K.P." is, indeed, a military term, - for a PUNISHMENT, that is, - usually, - imposed on soldiers, sailors or airmen, for minor misdemeanours!
The abbreviation, "K.P.", actually, stands for "KITCHEN PATROL", meaning that a soldier, sailor or airman, is removed from his USUAL duties, and forced to work, preparing MEALS, - rather than anything else, which he USUALLY does, in the course of "NORMAL" duties!
As for military personnel, referring to a rifle, as a "PIECE", or a "WEAPON", - I suspect, that this is, usually, something, which is confined to AMERICANS. As far as I know, the majority of British personnel refer to their rifles as "SIDE ARMS"!
yeah what a film. I think its so they don`t feel like part of that gun culture thing, eeither that its a pet title that the give.