jarhead

jar·head

[jahr-hed]
noun Slang: Disparaging.
a U.S. Marine.

Origin:
jar1 + head

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jarhead (ˈdʒɑːˌhɛd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
slang (US) military a member of the United States Marine Corps
 
[C20: so called because of their distinctive haircut]

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Jarhead is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
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jarhead definition


  1. n.
    a U.S. Marine. (Attributed to the shape of a cap and to the haircut.) : Do you want to spend a few years as a gravel-pounder or a jarhead? You get free clothes with both jobs.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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