S – Sierra

Scran  Any type of food.  Believed to have originated in Lord Nelson’s time onboard ship when sailors were rationed with Sultanas, Currents, Raisins and Nuts.

Shit together / shit in one sock  (get your) Import of American origin describing the process of getting organised, getting your act together, or generally marshalling all your facts succinctly.   

Swamp / Swampy  Nocturnal enuresis, i.e. bedwetting, which can also occur in older men who have been drinking heavily and who swamp their pits.  The nickname Swampy often sticks unfairly in these cases, but it is also tradition for anyone with the surname Marsh.  In the RM needing a swamp is to need a wee.

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