What language is Boocoo Dinky Dau?

Boocoo Dinky Dow" is how American GIs heard the French/Vietnamese phrase "beaucoup dien cai dau" for "very crazy."
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What does Boocoo Dinky Dau in Vietnamese mean?

From the internets dictionary: An expression commonly used in Vietnam was, "boocoo dinky dow", spelled correctly would be "beaucoup dien cai dau" meaning much crazy in the head or perhaps as the Vietnamese may have said, crazy as a kicking rooster, much like the American expression, "mad as a wet hen."
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What does Dinky Dau translation to?

The Vietnamese phrase "dien cai dau" translates to "crazy in the head". This became the Vietnam War-era slang "dinky dau" or "dinky-dow", meaning that someone is crazy.
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What does bookoo mean in Vietnamese?

beaucoup. Beaucoup (pronounced 'bookoo') is a French term meaning 'many', 'plenty' or 'too much'. It was adapted by American and allied soldiers and used widely in Vietnam.
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What does Boo Koo mean in Vietnam War?

Boo Koo (Boo Coo): Bastardized French from beaucoup, meaning “much” or “many” Boom-Boom: Slang for sex with a prostitute. Boonies: Any area outside a city or a base camp; colloquialism for “boondocks”; also called the “bush”
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What did Vietnam soldiers call the Vietnamese?

Collectively the United States often called them the Viet Cong. It was commonly shortened to VC, which in military alphabet code was spoken as Victor Charlie. It was further shortened to just Charlie. American soldiers called them Charlie, they called themselves liberators.
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Why did soldiers call Vietnamese Charlie?

American soldiers referred to the Viet Cong as Victor Charlie or V-C. "Victor" and "Charlie" are both letters in the NATO phonetic alphabet. "Charlie" referred to communist forces in general, both Viet Cong and North Vietnamese.
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What did the Vietnamese call American soldiers?

grunt Slang term used for an American infantry soldier.
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What does Du Ma Mai mean in Vietnamese?

It is short for đụ má mày which is a Vietnamese expletive that is roughly the same as “f you” in English.
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What does chu hai mean in Vietnamese slang?

slang (in the Persian Gulf War) surrendering enemy troops. from the Vietnamese word for “surrender,” picked up by U.S. troops in the Vietnam War.
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What does Boo Koo Dinky Dow mean?

Boocoo Dinky Dow" is how American GIs heard the French/Vietnamese phrase "beaucoup dien cai dau" for "very crazy."
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What does Dau mean in English?

DAU (Daily Active User) is the number of active users that visit or interact with a mobile app or website in any given day.
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What does dodo mean in French slang?

sleep. aller faire dodo to go to bed.
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How do you say stinky in Vietnam?

stinky {adjective}

bốc mùi {adj.} hôi thối {adj.}
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What is grunt slang for in Vietnam?

It was 1969, during the first decade of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, when “grunt” was first used as a nickname for U.S. infantry soldiers who performed their difficult, dangerous, and dirty work in a typically American, soldierly fashion.
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What does prairie fire mean in military?

Prairie Fire refers to the "Military Assistance Command, Vietnam – Studies and Observations Group" (MACV-SOG), which was a United States Special Forces unit established in 1964 to conduct covert operations in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.
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What does Thy Thy mean in Vietnamese?

/ðai/ an old word for 'your' used only when addressing one person, especially God. của ngươi, của anh. thy father.
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How do you address a Vietnamese girlfriend?

How to address your girlfriend or boyfriend in Vietnamese?
  1. bạn trai ⇢ boyfriend.
  2. bạn gái ⇢ girlfriend.
  3. người yêu ⇢ lover.
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What does Chao em mean in Vietnamese?

“Chao em,” meaning hello younger person of my generation, was how I was greeted when I visited Vietnam for the first time, as the sweltering humidity and darkness enveloped my family leaving the airport.
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Who did the Viet Cong fear the most?

Yes...the Koreans. In the early 50s, in defence of their own country, the Koreans were undertrained, ill equipped, etc. You did not want to count on them at all. But in Vietnam, if it moved in the jungle, they killed it.
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What was the most feared unit in the Vietnam War?

Tiger Force (Recon) 1-327th was a highly decorated small unit in Vietnam, and paid for its reputation with heavy casualties. In October 1968, Tiger Force's parent battalion was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation by President Lyndon B.
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What did the Vietnamese call the Navy SEALs?

SEAL platoons carried out day and night ambushes (but much preferred night operations), hit-and-run raids, reconnaissance patrols, and special intelligence collection operations. Calling them the “men with green faces” because of the face camouflage they used, the VC feared SEALs and often put bounties on their heads.
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What did German soldiers call American soldiers?

During World War II, German soldiers called American soldiers ami. my | \ t-m \ plural Tommies.
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What does Lima Charlie mean in military talk?

Lima Charlie: Loud and Clear. Oscar-Mike: On the Move. Tango Mike: Thanks Much. Tango Uniform: Toes Up, meaning killed or destroyed.
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Do the Viet Cong still exist?

Viet Cong Downfall and Impact on Vietnam

In 1976, the Viet Cong was disbanded after Vietnam was formally reunited under communist rule.
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