兵士とボビーソクサーの1940年代スラング

言葉

米陸軍の週刊誌Yankは1942年から1945年まで兵士たちのスラングを載せ、1945年3月には故郷に残された10代の若者たちの言葉も伝えました。

bobby-soxerThe girls among the teen-agers are called bobby-soxers. This is because they wear bobby sox. (US Army, Yank, the Army Weekly, March 2, 1945)1945

10代の女の子。短いソックスからこう呼ばれた。

jiveThese jive kids of the early and middle 40s are the successors to the gaudy sophisticates of some years back … (US Army, Yank, the Army Weekly, March 2, 1945)1945

スウィング音楽と、そのファンの言葉。jive kidはスウィングに夢中の若者。

whistle baitA pretty girl is “whistle bait.” (US Army, Yank, the Army Weekly, March 2, 1945)1945

かわいい女の子。

hunk of heartbreakA boy whose mug and muscles appeal to the girls is a “mellow man,” a “hunk of heartbreak” or a “glad lad.” (US Army, Yank, the Army Weekly, March 2, 1945)1945

ハンサムな若い男。

book beaterA grind is a “book beater.” (US Army, Yank, the Army Weekly, March 2, 1945)1945

勉強しすぎる学生。がり勉。

wolfA boy given to hugging the girls … is a “wolf on a scooter” or an “educated fox.” (US Army, Yank, the Army Weekly, March 2, 1945)1945

いつも女の子を追いかけている若い男。

dame-dazedA boy who is girl crazy is “dame-dazed.” (US Army, Yank, the Army Weekly, March 2, 1945)1945

女の子に夢中な。

khaki-wackyA girl who is boy crazy is “slack-happy” and “khaki-wacky.” (US Army, Yank, the Army Weekly, March 2, 1945)1945

軍服の男に夢中な。

shot down in flamesTo be jilted is to be “shot down in flames.” (US Army, Yank, the Army Weekly, March 2, 1945)1945

ふられた。

snafuAmong these are snafu, goof off, sweat it out, snow job, bat the breeze. (US Army, Yank, the Army Weekly, March 9, 1945)1945

混乱、軍隊式にこじれた事態。「situation normal, all fouled up」の頭字語から。

to sweat out… a Pacific island where troops sweat out the war in more ways than one. (US Army, Yank, the Army Weekly, March 23, 1945)1945

やきもきしながら待つ、または最後まで耐え抜くこと。

dogfaceNaturally, I am not your ordinary dogface: in an army of 10 million I have outstanding qualifications. (US Army, Yank, the Army Weekly, January 26, 1945)1945

一兵卒。とくに歩兵。

goldbrick“Come on, you blankety-blank goldbrick. Close it up.” (US Army, Yank, the Army Weekly, March 23, 1945)1945

仕事をさぼる兵士。

the brass hats… the brass hats had declared it must be destroyed. (US Army, Yank, the Army Weekly, March 9, 1945)1945

高級将校。

the Old Man“If the Old Man wanted us to enter Manila Bay in a rubber boat, we would go …” (US Army, Yank, the Army Weekly, March 2, 1945)1945

部隊の指揮官。

repple depple… or left to grow mold in a repple depple until they forget everything they knew … (US Army, Yank, the Army Weekly, July 13, 1945)1945

補充兵の待機所。兵士はここで配属先や帰国を待った。

a Section 8… keep right on bucking for that Section 8, pal, because you got a leg up on it. (US Army, Yank, the Army Weekly, March 2, 1945)1945

不適格による除隊。多くは精神面の理由。それを狙うとは、除隊するために狂ったふりをすること。

latrine rumorSorry, but there is no such AR, circular or act of Congress. It’s just a latrine rumor. (US Army, Yank, the Army Weekly, March 2, 1945)1945

宿営地に出回る根拠のないうわさ。

scuttlebuttMost of the time our news was just scuttlebutt, but it was usually right. (US Army, Yank, the Army Weekly, March 2, 1945)1945

うわさ話。非公式の情報。

hubba hubba“Hubba-hubba” has been used to express practically every type of emotion. (The Chicago Maroon, reprinted in The Y News, Hubba Hubba Proves Baffling to Experts, March 21, 1946)1946

戦地から持ち帰られた、どんな気持ちにも使える兵士の叫び。

人々がどう悪態をつき、代わりにどんな穏やかな言葉を使ったか。同じ日付入りの出典から。

FUBARFUBAR? It means “Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition.” (US Army, Yank, the Army Weekly, January 7, 1944)1944

手の施しようがないほどめちゃくちゃ。兵士の頭字語で、印刷された「fouled」はもっと下品な言葉の代わり。

damn itA young captain ran out in front and yelled, “Okay, damn it, let’s go!” (US Army, Yank, the Army Weekly, January 26, 1945)1945

分隊を動かすための悪態。

for cripes sake“For cripes sake,” he yelled. (US Army, Yank, the Army Weekly, March 2, 1945)1945

「キリスト」を和らげた言い方。苛立ちに。

blankety-blank“Come on, you blankety-blank goldbrick. Close it up.” (US Army, Yank, the Army Weekly, March 23, 1945)1945

軍曹が実際に使った言葉の代わりに雑誌が印刷した言い回し。

jeezJeez — wristwatches. (US Army, Yank, the Army Weekly, March 23, 1945)1945

「ジーザス」を和らげた言い方。驚きや嫌悪に。

登場したばかりのもの、まだ新しかったもの、そしてこの時代のシーンにはまだ出せないもの。どの項目にも、その年代を記録した出典とリンクを添えています。特に断りのない限り、年代はアメリカでのものです。