Front pig
The front pig is a word from the language of the soldiers and an amusing, ironic or derogatory term for a simple soldier fighting on the front . The term was in use during the two world wars . It was also used as a kind of tribute to veteran soldiers in direct front lines.
literature
- Heinz Küpper: From anchors to chirping vegetables. The Bundessoldatendeutsch from A to Z. Heyne, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-453-02225-4 (Defined on p. 66 “Frontschwein” as “war service officer”).
- Herbert Pfeiffer: The big swear dictionary: Over 10,000 swear words, mockery and teasing words to designate people. Eichborn, Frankfurt 1996, ISBN 3-8218-3444-7 (characterizes “Frontschwein” p. 128 as “casual in military language, hardly derogatory for a front soldier”).
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Wiktionary: Frontschwein - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
