Veiga Rairiz of key jargon of 37 known DEIA
The Basque newspaper these days has published an interesting article which includes 37 letters, concepts, nicknames and expressions of the Civil War.
I thought it was interesting enough to share here with you:
1-AA: Initial flak. It was customary to refer to them military equipment destined for this role.
2-packer: Mulero. During the war his services were frequent on all fronts for transporting ammunition, supplies, sick and dead between the front and rear.
3-Pimp: reconnaissance aircraft sent to a zone. One of them was known popularly as the bombing of Durango Grandpa.
4-Away, The : Expression used by the rebels during and after English civil war to refer to José Antonio Primo de Rivera after his execution at the hands of the Republicans on November 20, 1936.
5-Cod: Used to refer to the German Dornier Do 17 bomber. Also called flying pencil.
6-Bream: Used to refer to the bodies dumped in ditches and cemeteries by the appearance of bulging eyes of the deceased in a state of decomposition.
7-Café: Acronyms that contain the phrase Comrades Up English Falange. The rebels used the in the days before the uprising, shouting 'Coffee, coffee! " to elude the vigilance of the republican authorities.
8-Comrade: term used to refer to colleagues. Interestingly it was used on both sides, including the Women's Section. The anarchists and syndicalists preferred the term partner. "ELA provides the meaning of lagun" provides the historian, Luis de Guezala.
9-Cara al sol: The original music of the anthem of the Falange is signing a composer Guipuzcoa, Juan Telleria and dedicated it to his hometown. The original title of the musical score was Cegama Sunrise. The letter is attributed to José Antonio Primo de Rivera and Agustin de Foxa and other members of the party leadership.
10-Caravinagre: nickname which was known to police.
11-Chirri: fighter nickname of Italian Fiat Cr-32. "It was used in the front of Biscay" underlines the historian, Jon Agirre Irazabal.
12-Chocolate: nickname used by troops to refer to the mud of the trench.
13-Disaffection: Used on both sides to describe ideological opponents.
14-Stop: Scapular of the Sacred Heart with slogans such as Stop bullet that adorned the uniforms of the rebel soldiers and that was a gift from the brides and mothers.
15-Director: Codename of General Emilio Mola during preparations of the uprising, due to its coordinating role.
16-EAJ/PNV: Basque Nationalist Party founded by Sabino Arana in 1894 political. Catholic orientation and independence, the outbreak of the rebellion was united in defense of the republic to the parties that had formed the Popular Front.
17-Generalissimo or Caudillo: name used to refer to Francisco Franco, also dubbed derisively as the short-legged , Paca big ass voice-his voice and silhouette, "Miss Canary (referring to his indecision to join the coup) or Franquito .
18-Gudari: Gudarostea Euzko Soldier, a name used by the government army during the Civil War Euzkadi. Its first battalion was Goiri Arana, the PNV.
19-Egg Fried knew This eight-pointed star for the rank of commander of the national side.
20-Dairy or churrero: name under which the soldiers and civilians on both sides knew the first cannon or mortars in the morning.
21-Read the newspaper: Activity consisting off his shirt, open wide and look for lice and other parasites.
22-Napoleonchu or Napoleontxu: Nickname tax lehendakari Jose Antonio Aguirre in the wake of the failure of the Republican offensive on Villarreal.
23 - Negrillo: With the nickname negrillo been known at all material times, and personal-German origin. Often in the literature of the time to find references to "negro lieutenant" or "negro field gun."
24 .- Paco or Paqueo: Sniper. It concerns the isolated sound of rifle shots, usually from snipers. The origin of the expression is the war in Morocco, where snipers ambushed natives for hours to kill the English soldiers from a distance. In those canyons shot sounded and the echo pa co.
26 .- Passion: Handle the gallartarra Dolores Ibarruri adopted in 1918 to publish articles in El Minero Vizcaíno to be devoted to the Passion of Jesus.
27 .- Cucumber: nickname used by troops to refer to any type of shell.
28 .- Chop: Paste shot in the head to one person.
29 .- Released: reference to the procedure followed the rebels to kill people captured after theoretically set them free.
25-ride or to go: sarcastic euphemism to refer to the path that crossed those who were to be shot and that refers to the journey to cemeteries, ditches or ditches.
30-Five of the bottle: was known as the youth of the replacement of 1941, born in 1920 but called up in mid-1938. Mostly under 18, were framed in the Army V Corps and the Army of the Ebro XV, participating in the Battle of Ebro in which die in large numbers.
31-Fifth Column: expression attributed to General Mola, used to refer to supporters of the rebels who resisted government area illegally and worked in espionage and sabotage. General Mola ordered four columns and these groups were the "fifth". This concept will have such an impact that is translated into several languages, is also used during World War II. As a curiosity, a fifth column was Gutierrez Mellado, artillery lieutenant then, and he faced Tejero 23F.
32-Saltaparapetos or asaltaparapetos: drink cognac or similar high ranking that was given to soldiers before battle.
33-San Sestabién: This was called the city of San Sebastian by the affected residence and located the rebels there, also by proximity to the border. Was also pleased by the Nazis.
34-Terminus: Name which was known to the headquarters of Franco. It is used to treat rail car or wheeled vehicle used to transport. After the deaths of Mola and Sanjurjo in aviation accidents, Franco stopped using the airplane as a means of transportation to visit the fronts. Panic seized him.
35-Trimotor: The nickname used by troops to refer to head lice, be slower than fleas.
36-Tourist: Name which concerned the soldiers on both sides of the personalities who visited the front.
37-boots: Nickname biplane reconnaissance seaplane and shortstop German Heinkel He-59 B-2. The nickname he came for the floats. Original article