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90-day wonder

90-day wonder noun: newly-commissioned graduate of three-month Officer Candidate School (Army, Air Force), Midshipman School (Navy), or Direct Commissioning program.

Noun

90-day wonder (plural 90-day wonders)

  1. (Navy, US, derogatory, slang, US Army, US Air Force) Newly-commissioned graduate of three-month Officer Candidate School (Army, Air Force), Midshipman School (Navy), or Direct Commissioning program.

Forms of 90-day wonder

plural90-day wonders
alternative formninety-day wonder

Questions about 90-day wonder

What does 90-day wonder mean?
90-day wonder means newly-commissioned graduate of three-month Officer Candidate School (Army, Air Force), Midshipman School (Navy), or Direct Commissioning program.
What part of speech is 90-day wonder?
90-day wonder is a noun.
What is the plural of 90-day wonder?
The plural of 90-day wonder is 90-day wonders.

Words near 90-day wonder in the dictionary

  1. 9/10ths
  2. 9/11
  3. 9/11s
  4. 9/8
  5. 90's
  6. 90-day wonder
  7. 90-day wonders
  8. 90-gon
  9. 90-gons
  10. 900
  11. 900 number

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