Found this online and found it interesting. British Military Terms and Soldier Slang .. great list http://www.geocities.com/faskew/Colonial/Glossary/British.htm Note: Many British military slang words had an Indian origin and spread from there throughout the Empire. In this list, I put those Indian words and phrases that were Anglicized and that I think native Indians would not have used, such as pukka sahib. In the Indian list, I put words that I think might have been used by either British or Indians or words that were specific to India and Afghanistan. This is a purely subjective placement and very likely full of errors. I could put certain words in both lists, but that, too, would likely be wrong, and placing them in only one list requires less effort from me. Examples: DEKKOTO .. take a look (Hindi, deckna, to look DENGUE FEVER .. an acute infectious virus transmitted by mosquitoes that produces headache, severe joint pain, and rash, also called breakbone fever (American Spanish [1828]) .