1. a. : having the qualities of balm : soothing. … 'tis a soldier's life to have their balmy slumbers wak'd with strife. Shakespeare. b. : mild, temperate. balmy weather. a balmy summer evening. 2. : lacking reason or mental soundness : foolish, irrational. … he is now likely to feel that a rather large part of the country has gone slightly balmy.

(U.S. Army) . A Soldier who purchases and wears badges, tabs, and insignia without having graduated from the appropriate corresponding schools, usually without the approval of the chain of command.

Soldiers fighting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have developed an expansive new military vocabulary, taking elements from popular culture as well as the doublespeak of the military industrial...

balmy on the crumpet – crazy, insane. barnbrack (barmbrack) – a spice cake-like bread usually made with currants. beef, beer, and lust – What British civilians thought British soldiers were too full of. beer, bum, and bacca – Pleasures of the sailor’s life, circa 1870, “bacca” being tobacco.