| mil., lingo |
give someone a blanket party (A blanket party (also known as locksocking) is a form of corporal punishment, hazing or retaliation conducted within a peer group, most frequently within the military or military academies. The victim (usually asleep in bed) is restrained by having a blanket flung over him and held down, while other members of the group strike the victim repeatedly with improvised flails, most often a sock or bath towel containing something solid, such as a bar of soap or a padlock: The term "blanket party" was popularized by the Stanley Kubrick film Full Metal Jacket. In the film, members of a basic training platoon give a blanket party to Private Pyle, (Vincent D’Onofrio) an inept member of their platoon, whose mistakes have led to group punishment given repeatedly to the entire platoon  wikipedia.org Dominator_Salvator) |
