Reverse Dictionary: VIETNAM

NOUNS
► ARIZONA TERRITORY an area southwest of Da Nang, South Vietnam. with imprecise boundaries and a strong Vietcong presence → 1991 US sl.
► ASS-AND-TRASH during the Vietnam war: people and cargo to be transported by aeroplane → 1983 US sl.
► CALLING CARD during the Vietnam war: a printed card identifying the unit, left on the bodies of dead enemy soldiers → 1990 US sl.
► CAR WASH in the Vietnam war: an establishment in Vietnam where a man went for haircut, bath, massage, and sex → 1977 US sl.
► DOWNTOWN the Vietnamese cities of Hanoi and Haiphong and the area immediately surrounding as targets of bombing attacks and locations of intense antiaircraft fire → 1967 Amer. military aviation usage, now hist.
► DUCK SUIT a brown and tan camouflage suit, not dissimilar to the suit worn by a duck hunter, issued to US special forces in Vietnam → 1959 US sl.
► DUFFEL DRAG the final morning of a soldier’s service in Vietnam → 1991 US sl.
► DUMBO during the Vietnam War: a C-123 US Air Force provider → 1989 US sl.
► HUMP DATE during the Vietnam war, the date when half of a soldier’s tour of duty in Vietnam is completed → 1965 US sl.
► MIGHTY MITE ► MITY-MITE an airblower used by the military in Vietnam to blow smoke or tear gas into empty tunnels → 1967 US sl.
► NAM Vietnam → 1962 US sl., orig. military usage
► NATIVE SPORT during the Vietnam war: looking for and killing Viet Cong → 1991 US sl.
► NIGHTS BELONG TO CHARLIE used as a rule of thumb by US soldiers in Vietnam, acknowledging the ascendancy of the Viet Cong during the dark → 1990 US sl.
► NO MAN’S NAM Vietnam → 1978 US sl.
► PADDY STRENGTH in the Vietnam War: the combat strength of a unit, measured by the actual number of troops in the field → 1974 US sl.
► QUIZ ROOM a room where the North Vietnamese interrogated US prisoners of war → 1990 US sl.
► SAIGON TECH the war in Vietnam; military service in Vietnam → 1969 US sl.
► SALTY DOG during the Vietnam war: a piece of equipment lost in combat → 1991 US sl.
► SIAGON TECH the war in Vietnam; military service in Vietnam → 1969 US sl.
► SIN CITY the neighbourhood in An Khe, Vietnam, housing brothels, bars and other vice dens → 1968 US sl.
► SIR CHARLES the Viet Cong → 1982 US sl.
► VC the Viet Cong; a member of the Viet Cong → 1966 US sl.
► VICTOR CHARLIE the Viet Cong → 1966 US sl.
► WALK during the Vietnam war: a 30-day patrol in which contact with the enemy is expected → 1991 US sl.
► WHITE MICE during the Vietnam war, the South Vietnamese civilian police → 1967 US sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
► ACTUAL in the Vietnam war: a unit commander → 1991 US sl.
► C the Viet Cong; a member of the Viet Cong → 1966 US sl.
► CHARLEY ► CHARLIE a person from Vietnam; North Vietnamese or Vietcong soldier(s) → 1965 US services’ sl.
► CHINK any East Asian person, esp. a Japanese or Vietnamese person → 1942 Amer. sl., contemptuous usage
► DANIEL BOONE SQUAD US soldiers who engaged in cross-border reconnaissance in Cambodia during the Vietnam war → 1991 US sl.
► DANIEL BOONE TEAM US soldiers who engaged in cross-border reconnaissance in Cambodia during the Vietnam war → 1991 US sl.
► DINGE any non-Caucasian; a Vietnamese → 1960s US military in Vietnam usage
► DINK a person from Vietnam → 1967 US services’ sl., derogatory
► GINK an East Asian; a Vietnamese; used contemptuously → 1929 US sl.
► HARD HAT a regular Viet Cong soldier, who wears a military helmet, as distinct from a guerrilla or reservist → Vietnam War US military sl.
► IC during the Vietnam war: an innocent civilian → 1985 US sl.
► MOI a member of an aboriginal people inhabiting the highlands of southern Vietnam; now considered contemptuous → a1825
► MONTAGNARD a member of any of various hill-dwelling peoples of South-East Asia, esp. those inhabiting the highlands of Vietnam → 1961
► NGUYEN a Vietnamese native → 1960s US sl.
► NOG a person from Vietnam; a North Vietnamese or Vietcong soldier → 1969 Aust. sl., derogatory
► SAIGON SUZIE a stereotypical Vietnamese sex worker during the Vietnam war → 1990 US sl.
► SAPPER a Viet Cong or North Vietnamese commando → 1987 US sl.
► SLOPE anyone from East Asia; later, a Vietnamese → 1948 US sl., derogatory or offensive
► SLOPEY ► SLOPY anyone from East Asia; later, a Vietnamese → 1948 US sl., derogatory or offensive
► VC the Viet Cong; a member of the Viet Cong → 1966 US sl.
► VICTOR CHARLIE a person from Vietnam; North Vietnamese or Vietcong soldier(s) → 1966 US services’ sl.
► VIET a Vietnamese person → 1966  US sl.
► VIETNIK a person who actively opposed U.S. participation in the Vietnam war → 1966 US sl.
► YELLOW HEAD a Viet Cong soldier → 1968 US sl.
► ZIP a Vietnamese → 1975 US Vietnam War usage, derogatory (Bk.)
► ZIPHEAD a Vietnamese, any Asian person → 1987 US sl.
► ZIPPERHEAD a Vietnamese person → 1967 US sl., offensive
► ZIT a Vietnamese person → 1983 US sl.