The Marine Corps Chevron at San Diego gathered and published a glossary of leatherneck slang heavily flavored with Chinese, Tagalog, pidgin English and plain Navy. Examples:
Bean bagmeal pennant aboard ship.
Charlie Noblesmoke pipe from a ship's galley (not to be leaned against).
Collision-matspancakes.
Downto pass ("Down the meat").
Sea dustsalt.
Maggie's drawersred flag indicating a clean miss on the rifle range.
Maskeeokay.
Ear-bangerapple polisher; yes man.
Gizmoa term of universal significance, capable of meaning "gadget," "stuff," "thing," "whozis" or almost anything else the speaker wants it to.
Boksokcrazy; berserk.
Brewbeer, the standard Marine beverage.
One brewa minor-league drinker.
Go-to-hell hatoverseas cap.
Pogie baitcandy.
Pungyopal.
Rip hoHow the drill sergeant pronounces "To the...