What does wakey mean?
Wakey means (military, slang) The day on which one wakes up and travels home..
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/ˈweɪ.ki/ · noun
(military, slang) The day on which one wakes up and travels home..
When you became a 'short timer' (20 days and a wakey) you delighted in sticking it up to the new arrivals.
'You beauty, only 364 and a wakey to go,' the countdown had begun and would continue, as few days passed without someone calling the time. I spared a thought for our temporary enemy whose tour would endure to the end of the war[…]
Morale was also usually high, helped by the men's recognition that their service in Vietnam had strict limits – one year, or, to use a soldiers' expression of the time, 364 days and a 'wakey' (the day the men woke to prepare to fly out).
“Wakey Brother Monster,” he said to Rose as he spread his replacement piece of toast.
'Come on now, wakey!' called Diane, who was already up and dashing round the room.
Use wakey when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Wakey means (military, slang) The day on which one wakes up and travels home..
Common synonyms include wakey wakey.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
When you became a 'short timer' (20 days and a wakey) you delighted in sticking it up to the new arrivals.
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