:o)
You live and learn!
So doing a Google Image search on 'commando' can be considered NSFW :)
Bart
On 6/27/06, Garth <garth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Walt Wayman (in response to Bart Wientjes) wrote:
> > Well, let's see. "Commando" is defined, at least in one definition in
> the Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, as a military unit trained and
> organized as shock troops, especially for hit-and-run raids into enemy
> territory; also a member of such a unit. Therefore, I assume its usage in
> this context means an aggresive attitude of boldly going forward to get the
> job done and letting the devil take the hindmost. The gear can take care of
> itself and be replaced if it don't.
> >
> > In military parlance, however, it's sometimes a derrogatory term, used
> to refer derisively to those with non-combat duty assignments who stay in
> the rear with the gear, as in "rear-echelon commando" or "USO commando." I
> don't think that applies at all to the bold and brave photographers here who
> charge into the world with their front elements going nekkid before them.
>
> [snip]
>
> Bart:
>
> Walt's excellent definitions aside, it's also a slang term in North
> American English used by people to speak of someone who wears pants
> and/or skirts without underwear or other "protection." Like the young
> lady I saw walking down the street about a week ago. ;-)
>
> "Going commando" in the context of your lens would mean "without filter
> coverage." Slang terms always seem to cause the most problems on this
> List -- I for one keep forgetting that the audience is global, even if
> they all read/write "standard" English well.
>
>
> Garth
>
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