"REMF" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-REMF.ogg Forms: REMFs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} REMF (plural REMFs)
  1. (slang, US, UK, military) Initialism of rear-echelon motherfucker; a soldier far from the front line, especially during the Vietnam War. Tags: UK, US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang Alternative form of: rear-echelon motherfucker (extra: a soldier far from the front line, especially during the Vietnam War) Categories (topical): Military

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