noun
General Slang
boot
· noun · military
A Marine fresh out of recruit training — and by extension anyone new.
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US Marine Corps and Navy term for someone who's just graduated boot camp. The shine isn't off them yet — fresh haircut, fresh uniform, no experience, no stories. Used by everyone senior, which in the fleet means everyone. By extension, anyone new to a unit, posting or job is 'a boot' until they've earned otherwise.
“Don't listen to him, he's a boot — first deployment hasn't even started.”
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Adjective form: anything cringe, try-hard, or newbie-ish. 'That's so boot' means you're acting like someone who just got off the bus at Parris Island.
“Squaring away his cammies in the chow hall — boot move.”
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boot In A Sentence
Don't listen to him, he's a boot — first deployment hasn't even started.
Squaring away his cammies in the chow hall — boot move.
Origin & Usage
Early 20th-century US Navy/Marine slang, from 'boot camp' — itself named for the leggings (boots) recruits were issued.
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