Military slang for a lieutenant — the rank that sits right at the entry point of commissioned officership.
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Military slang for a lieutenant — the rank that sits right at the entry point of commissioned officership. Pronounced like 'louie,' the term is used casually among enlisted troops and fellow officers as an informal shorthand that strips away the formality of the rank title. It's the kind of nickname that captures the banter and shorthand of military life, where formal titles get compressed into something you can actually say quickly in the field.
The looey gave the squad their orders and told them to move out before dawn.
Looey means: Military slang for a lieutenant - the rank that sits right at the entry point of commissioned officership. Pronounced like 'louie,' the term is used casually among enlisted troops and fellow. It is military jargon and mostly appears in service contexts, war fiction, or among veterans and their families. It has drug-related associations; worth a calm conversation about which side of the topic your teen is on.
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(US, military slang) lieutenant junior grade.
(military) The lowest junior commissioned officer rank(s) in many military forces, often Army and Marines.
(Internet slang, dated) To run headfirst into a situation without prior planning or consideration.
(India, chiefly, in plural) An irregular soldier whose main object was plunder; a marauder.
Looey means: Military slang for a lieutenant - the rank that sits right at the entry point of commissioned officership. Pronounced like 'louie,' the term is used casually among enlisted troops and fellow. It is military jargon and mostly appears in service contexts, war fiction, or among veterans and their families. It has drug-related associations; worth a calm conversation about which side of the topic your teen is on.
looey means: Military slang for a lieutenant - the rank that sits right at the entry point of commissioned officership. Pronounced like 'louie,' the term is used casually among enlisted. Register: informal, military jargon. Avoid in formal, business, academic, or polite writing. Even in casual speech the word can offend and is best left out of a learner's active vocabulary. A common learner mistake is using the word in a register it does not fit, or assuming a single global meaning; native speakers immediately notice when slang appears in formal contexts, so always check the surrounding register before producing it yourself.
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(US, military slang) lieutenant.
“i ztill dunno if i wanna give zprout znout or not i kinda wanna give him zame kinda head i draw looey with but alzo i wanna try and keep hiz triganular zhaped head too but i keep flip flopping between them depending on how zproutz head iz angled lol”
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