From time to time a chap may be required to converse on the wireless, this device can often be a source of Bamboozlement and Consternation to the novice user, leaving him all at sixes and sevens when confronted by a stream of seemingly unintelligable gibberish. The OCAAGC provides this short glossary to aid its members on just such occasions.
 

Archie: Incoming fire, generally from cannon-like ordinance; originally a WW I term used by pilots to describe anti-aircraft fire from ground-based cannon.

Bandit: An enemy vehicle.

Bang On: Right on target; to make progress, "Right oh chaps, lets Bang on shall we?"; Sometimes used to describe a chap who bores those around him by constantly bringing up the same topic in conversation, "Don't mind the Oldest Colonial, he does tend to Bang on a bit sometimes."

Bamboozled: Puzzled, out-witted, out-foxed, Ccnfused (see Sixes and Sevens).

Batman: A chaps chap; a combined butler, mechanic, travelling companion; indispensable to the Gentleman in the field.

Blighter: Not a good-egg, possibly foreign (see Foreign).

Boche: The enemy (see Hun)

Bogie: Unidentified radar trace or vehicle, becomes a Bandit on showing hostile intent (see Bandit).

Bounder: Not a suitable companion for female relatives (See Cad).

Cad: A rum cove; a queer fellow (see Bounder).

Chap: A chap; general term used to refer to another human being, usually but not always of the male gender.

Chizz: An invective, not to be used when ladies are present, "Oh Chizz!" (see Gosh).

Chocks Away: Exclamation meaning "Break and Engage", "Attacking target, suggest you do same" (see Tally Ho, Bang on).

Crate: A chaps transport, always referred to in the feminine (any chap mentioning his crate in the masculine should be investigated for signs of Caddishness or Bounderism).

Creeping Barrage: Attack pattern of a vehicle armed with Morters or Clusterbombs.

Ditched, Being forced to abandon one's Crate due to enemy fire or severe malfunction preventing a chap from returning to base (see Crate and Lip, stiff upper).

Egg: Dropped or cast weapons without internal propellant, Morters, Clusterbombs, Landmines, Blocks; not usually used in referral to Fire or Oil as these don't "Hatch"; To Lay One's Eggs is the deployment of any such weapon.

Egg-Beater: A helicopter; any flying craft that creates lift by means of a revolving rotor-disk.

Egg-Layer: A vehicle armed mainly with unguided explosive weapons

Elevenses: Daily ritual involving consumption of weak tea and scones or biscuits, essential for a Gentleman's mental well-being (see Weak Tea).

Few, The: "One of The Few"; an old experienced driver.

Foreign, Unidentified animal, vegetable or mineral; not a subject of her Majesty The Queen; Possibly a Blighter (see Blighter).

Fuzzy-Wuzzies, Massed opposition driving inexpensive cars.

Gay: Happy; bright; full of the joys of life. (It has been noticed that many younger chaps have started using this word in reference to an entirely different state of being. The management would like to point out that this sort of misappropriation of perfectly good words is not on.)

Ginger: An inexperienced or exceptionally young wingman.

Ginning-Up: To imbibe hard liquor (see Tired and Emotional).

Good-Egg: An all-round, above-board sort; a chap of honour and breeding; a suitable companion for female relatives; not a Bounder.

Gosh: An invective used by Gentlemen when ladies are present (see Chizz).

Hun, (see Boche).

Lip, Stiff Upper: Always kept by a Gentleman in the face of adversity; not keeping a stiff upper-lip is a cardinal sin, oft committed by Cads, Bounders and Foreign chaps (see Foreign, Cad and Bounder).

Mark One: A tank.

Natives: Local townspeople.

Rorke's Drift: Historic battle against overwhelming Zulu forces on January 23, 1879; any Show where the enemy is possessed of vastly superior numbers and retreat is not an option (see Show).

Show: A scrap or dogfight involving multiple combatants on two or more sides.

Rum Foings: Fishy goings-on, dastardly deeds, perculiar happenings; often caused by a Cad or Bounder (see Cad and Bounder).

Sixes and Sevens, A state of confusion best countered with a Stiff upper lip; "I was all at sixes and sevens" (see Lip, Stiff Upper).

Sport, A Good: A Gentleman's ability to remain in good humour while being soundly Thrashed in any form of contest of skill or chance (see Thrash and Lip, Stiff Upper).

Tally Ho: General exclamation of a positive nature; More specifically meaning "to proceed", "to make progress with something" (see Bang on).

Tea and Medals: "Back in time for Tea and Medals", a phrase implying the ease of the job in hand; expressing ones confidence in the fortuitous outcome of a coming engagement.

Thrash: To beat soundly in sporting contest or fisticuffs (see Sport, A Good).

Tired and Emotional, The state achieved after Ginning-Up; a Gentleman is never drunk (see Ginning-Up).

Twenty Minuters: WW I term for pilots, who's average life-expectancy on first missions was 20 minutes; any young and inexperienced driver.

Undercarriage, The underside of a vehicle.

Unmentionables: Not to be mentioned, especially not in the presence of a lady (see Unmentionables).

Weak Tea: Secret magic potion used to induce strength and courage in true Gentlemen (see Elevenses).

Whirlybird: A helicopter (see Egg-Beater).

Wilco: From "will comply", an affirmative, "Roger, Wilco and out".

WingCo: Air force rank -- Wing Commander; the lead chap in a formation or organisation.