noun General Slang

butter bar

· noun · military

A brand-new second lieutenant, named for the single gold bar on the collar.

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The freshest officer in the room. A second lieutenant wears a single gold bar that looks like a pat of butter, hence the nickname. Carries the implication that they outrank you on paper but don't know what they're doing yet, so the salty NCOs are quietly running the show.

“Some butter bar just rolled in trying to tell the platoon sergeant how to do his job.”
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butter bar In A Sentence

Some butter bar just rolled in trying to tell the platoon sergeant how to do his job.

Origin & Usage

Variants butterbar

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