July 21, 2005
Llama Jargon Blegging
The Missus and I watched The Incredibles again this evening just because we could.
A thought occurred to me yet again: As Elastigirl is piloting the jet towards the exocit island and trying to dodge the SAMs, she says to Island Control, "We are buddy-spiked."
I take this to mean that her plane is a victim of (what she thinks is) friendly fire. But I've always been curious whether this is a recognized military term for friendly-fire incidents. Anybody have an opinion?
Posted by Robert at July 21, 2005 11:19 PM | TrackBackAnybody have an opinion.
Yes: google is your friend.
"Helen Parr (Elastigirl) is exceptionally accurate with her use of radio protocol while flying. "VFR on top" indicates she is flying in the regime of Visual Flight Rules 'on top' of a cloud cover. She then requests vectors to the "initial", the initial landing approach. "Angels 10" is her altitude call - ten thousand feet. "Track east" is her current direction of travel from her current position. Her "buddy-spiked" mayday is US Air Force code, as a warning not to fire, given to an aircraft who has radar lock on a friendly - in this case, Helen was referring to the missiles she thought were fired by friendlies."
"Buddy-f***ed" is (or was, anyway) a relatively common expression – though not reserved solely for friendly fire incidents. Maybe the one you quote is meant to be evokative without actually crossing the line into R-rated language.
Posted by: Russ at July 21, 2005 11:44 PM
