Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

remf

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: remf
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Initialism of rear-echelon motherfucker, a soldier assigned or stationed far from the front line, especially during the Vietnam War.

British usage; American usage; Slang

Example Sentences

"Back at the PXs, the REMFs (rear-echelon motherfuckers) […] were indulging in black-market schemes and pleasures while Stone and his buddies out humping the boonies did the fighting, putting their lives on the line."

Usage

British usage
American usage
Slang

Inflected Forms

REMFs (plural)

Questions

What does remf mean?: Initialism of rear-echelon motherfucker, a soldier assigned or stationed far from the front line, especially during the Vietnam War.

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