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It is also Indonesian for 'forest people'. Orang is Indonesian for People/person, and Utan means Forest. Malay and Indo share many of the same words and meanings. People in Sumatra described them as such when trying to explain their existence to original explorers.

Orangutan

Orangutan - “man of the wild”

From Malay orang utan, literally “man of the wild,” from orang (man) + utan (forest, wild). It is possible that the word originally was used by town-dwellers on Java to describe savage forest tribes of the Sunda Islands and that Europeans misunderstood it to mean the ape.

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Clearly the next step is to require background checks on all pipe purchases...as we know one in a million people who purchase them use them for violence.

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English Crux dropping some knowledge. Love it.

Bra

Bra - “armored armplate”

From Old French “braciere”, a term that referred to the armored armplates used by French Renaissance soldiers. It is unknown why or who at Vogue magazine dubbed the new undergarments after this French battle armor in 1902, but it remains today, albeit in the shortened form of bra. 

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Tough to get work done when your stray kitten starts realizing she found has a home now and wants to be all cute

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This was surprisingly a serious issue.

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Remnants of Typhoon Yolanda that struck the eastern Philippines in Nov of 2013. My team assisted in disaster recovery and aid distribution efforts

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Getting paid to shoot rockets is a fun way to pass the day.

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Call of Duty is for those who pretend to do what we do for real.

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Green Beret's are dedicated to hard, realistic training.

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A tea kettle spilled and burned this little girl. Father brought her to me. Soft spot for kids.

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When you graduate Philippine HALO school and you have to celebrate with some of the goodness in your face.

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Jumping into a pool blindfolded from a diving board is somehow a yearly requirement for remaining in Special Forces.

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When kittens try and interrupt your time at the range…successfully.

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When the wind decides it has had enough of your engineers always bragging about being ‘infantry with additional education’

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Astronaut

Astronaut - “star sailor” (eng.)

Coined in 1880 science fiction book “across the zodiac.” It took “astro” (stars) and “naut” (sailor) and combined them. OED

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Grouse

Grouse - “all out (of beer)”

In German taverns they would cry “gar aus!” (all out) when their cups were dry and needed a refill. This gave rise to both grouse (to complain) and carouse (to have a rowdy good time).