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chancre mechanic
SHANK-er muh-KAN-ik · noun · vulgar
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chancre mechanic In A Sentence
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US Navy slang.
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What is a 'chancre mechanic'?
It's an old, ribald nickname for a Navy hospital corpsman, alluding to the corpsman's role treating sailors' venereal complaints — a chancre being a sore associated with such infections.
Is 'chancre mechanic' crude?
Yes — it's deliberately vulgar barracks humor, joking about the less glamorous side of a corpsman's sick-call duties.
Where does 'chancre mechanic' come from?
It's US Navy slang, born from the sailors' reputation for picking up venereal ailments ashore and the corpsman being the one who patched them up.
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