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Nam
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Vietnam US, 1962
Often used with “the”. Originally military, then widespread, and now slightly arch.- She’s in love with some fool what’s in the Nam. — Steve Cannon, Groove, Bang, and Jive Around, p. 29, 1969
- In the Nam the same gold ball drives the colonels and generals into their air-conditioned headquarters offices. — Charles Anderson, The Grunts, p. 6, 1976
- He likes to hear stories about Nam. — Apocalypse Now, 1979
- He wondered if the canyons at night would make him flash to Nam. — Joseph Wambaugh, Lines and Shadows, p. 41, 1984
- Sorry bout that boys–“sin loi” buddy, you gonna love the Nam, man. — Platoon, 1986
- They wore bandanas and fatigues clearly influenced by Apocalypse Now [...] Virtual Nam had taken them over. — Michael Moorcock, The Spencer Inheritance [britpulp], p. 20, 1998
- This is not ‘Nam. This is bowling. There are rules. — The Big Lebowski, 1998
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