2006-08-12 16:40:39 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Only Marines. Some people claim it is because of the haircut, (high & tight), others claim it's because they open your head like a jar and fill it with what they want.
PS: the Leatherneck part is from a band of leather that Marine boarding parties wore to protect them from sword slashes, no the sun
2006-08-12 16:45:18 · answer #1 · answered by electricpole 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Jarhead:
A US Marine - according to some, a reference to the "high and tight" haircut and squared chin. Alternatively, American Heritage Dictionary states, "Perhaps from the shape of the hat the Marines once wore" [1]. On the other hand, the Oxford English Dictionary originally cites it as U.S. Army slang for a mule (1916), then later as a word for a "foolish or stupid person" (1942); the application to a Marine cites from 1944. Oddly, it was applied to U.S. Army soldiers in the 1930s, based on the mule mascot of Army's football team [2]. According to some, a reference to the fact that the Mason Jar Company produced many of the metal helmets worn by marines during WW II. Pejorative when used by non-Marines; defiantly proud when used by Marines about themselves (as in the book and movie of the same name, about a Marine sniper during the First Gulf War) .
2006-08-12 23:57:40 · answer #2 · answered by mike_oxxbigg 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Only the US marines are reffered to as jar-heads. It was said their hats on their uniform made them look like mason jars, or that the regulation "high and tight" haircut gave the appearance of a jar-lid.
2006-08-12 23:44:14 · answer #3 · answered by stewcat123 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Military "people" aren't all called jar heads, Marines are and its because of there hair cuts. more specifically the "high and tight"
2006-08-12 23:44:15 · answer #4 · answered by Charisma 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are not. Only Marines are Jar heads.
2006-08-12 23:46:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jar-head was a term for US Marines - empty headed like a jar ,a more apt name was and is Leatherneck from the severe haircut and the Sun`s effect on the grunt`s neck.
2006-08-12 23:45:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
ONLY marines are called jarheads! i've heard a couple reasons why the call marines jarheads, one reason is that they say that when a marine gets his very short haircut his head looks like a jar! and second reason i heard was that marines get brainwashed during basic training! so brainwashed that the u can put things into his head, like a jar, and he'll believe it! get it? ok kool, see ya later!
2006-08-13 03:42:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
only Marines are called "jar-heads"
2006-08-12 23:43:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
We were always told it was because the Marines were all so un-intelligent that their heads could fit in jars.
2006-08-12 23:49:12 · answer #9 · answered by theheronhouse@sbcglobal.net 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I thought it was only Marines that were called that.
2006-08-12 23:43:53 · answer #10 · answered by Luekas 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋