Cpl.Parker
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Could someone please explain to me the origin of the name "Jarhead" used in referance to U.S. Marines?
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"High and Tight" haircut. Looks like a jar, with a lid (Marines often call thier cover a "lid")Cpl.Parker said:Could someone please explain to me the origin of the name "Jarhead" used in referance to U.S. Marines?
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deadin said:I'd always heard that in boot camp they unscrewed the top of a boots head, poured out everything he knew and refilled it with "HOO RA"
SEMPER FI !!
Dean
Wisconsinites did the same thing with the derogatory "Cheesehead!" hurled at them by Illinoisians.
Kevin Quinlan said:Yes it did start as a insult. WE can call ourselves ' Jarheards ' but I am still not crazy about a movie with that name
Kevin
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There's an old story going around the Corps - has been for years - about the origin of the term "Pogey Bait".
The Marines in China before WW II were issued candy (Baby Ruths, Tootsie Rolls, etc.) as part of their their ration supplements. At the time, sugar and other assorted sweets were rare commodities in China and much in demand by the Chinese, so the troops found the candy useful for barter in town.
The Chinese word for prostitute, roughly translated, is "pogey". Thus, Marines being Marines, candy became "Pogey Bait".