Country Dictionary

Gillette

A Gillette (as in the razor blade) was once a standard measurement tool for determining the strength of a ruby laser beam (used in the late '60's), until calorimiters were developed for energy measurement. If you could focus your laser output sufficiently to blow a hole through a double-edge Gillette razor blade, you were the proud owner of a One Gillette Laser. Gillette blades were found world-wide with standard thickness, so any researcher, anywhere, could compare apples to apples with other researchers for determining their own laser's power

Dude built himself a three gillette ruby laser. Wish that I has the funding he gets.

STRAC

A 1970's era US military acronym, meaning: Strategic, Tough, and Ready Around the Clock. To be labeled "strac" was considered high praise.

"He was a strac trooper."

digger

Affectionate term for the Australian combat soldier. The term originated during the Gallipoli Penisula campaign, where digging protective trenches was a comonplace activity.

Those Aussie diggers are tough mofos in combat.