![]() ![]() You’re in High School and a long Christmas break is coming and it’s the last day and 2:55 pm and one nerd raises his hand and says, “Mrs. Here’s the perfect civilian example that most everyone can relate to. And it sounds military which makes it a perfect euphemism. The cool thing about “Blue Falcon” is that it sounds like something great when in reality the opposite is true. When “buddy f-er” became “Blue Falcon” is uncertain the only entry in Urban Dictionary is from 2003, which found “Blue Falcon” in Absolutely American: Four Years at West Point, published in 2003 by David Lipsky, who defined it as “a polite way to invoke the initials BF – a buddy f-ck.” Lipsky quotes a West Point cadet addressing a group of plebes: “You sit in your room and get by scot-free while your friends take the heat instead of you? That’s called a Blue Falcon, and this place ain’t about Blue Falcons!” In his book The F Word, Jesse Sheidlower notes 1968 - 1972 entries in Folk-Speech, from the Indiana University Folk Archives: where college students were using the term to describe someone who “takes someone else’s date away,” “turns around and shafts people,” or “lets somebody down.” It’s someone who throws a fellow military member under the bus – has been around for at least half a century and appears to have civilian roots. What does #BlueFalcon mean? The clue lies in the initials: “Blue Falcon” is an all-branches military slang for “ buddy f-er.” So what is a Blue Falcon? What does that even mean? In reality you should ask, “Who is a Blue Falcon?” because it’s a person and not a thing.
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