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blue falcon

blue falcon noun: a supposed comrade whose actions harm his friends, often but not always, for his own benefit.

Noun

blue falcon (plural blue falcons)

  1. (US, euphemistic) A supposed comrade whose actions harm his friends, often but not always, for his own benefit.
    • We had a term in the military for a soldier who was not a good Battle Buddy. He was a "Blue Falcon." That rather odd name is an attempt to clean up a much more graphic term. The initials for Blue Falcon, "BF", were originally the first letters of a term I'll refrain from printing here. Let's just...2013, Jeff Rose, Soldier of Finance: Take Charge of Your Money and Invest in Your Future, AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn, →ISBN, page 26
    • To them, he's a Blue Falcon, a derogatory euphemism for "buddy-fucker." Blue Falcons are great soldiers when the commander's watching. But they'll screw you in a heartbeat when nobody else is around.2007, David Axe, Army 101: Inside ROTC in a Time of War, Univ of South Carolina Press, page 31

Forms of blue falcon

pluralblue falcons

Origin of blue falcon

From the same initial letters as "buddy-fucker."

Questions about blue falcon

What does blue falcon mean?
Blue falcon means a supposed comrade whose actions harm his friends, often but not always, for his own benefit.
What part of speech is blue falcon?
Blue falcon is a noun.
What is the plural of blue falcon?
The plural of blue falcon is blue falcons.

Words near blue falcon in the dictionary

  1. Blue Earth River
  2. blue economies
  3. blue economy
  4. Blue Ensign
  5. blue eye cod
  6. blue falcon
  7. blue falcons
  8. blue fenugreek
  9. blue fever
  10. blue fig
  11. blue figs

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