repple depplen.

Brit.

/ˈrɛpl ˌdɛpl/, U.S.

/ˈrɛp(ə)l ˌdɛp(ə)l/

Forms: 1900s– reple deple, 1900s– repple depple. Also with capital initials.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: replacement n., depot n.

Etymology: < repl- (in replacement n.) + depple , extended < dep- (in depot n.) for reduplicative effect. Compare slightly later repo depot n.

U.S. Military slang.

A replacement depot, a facility where troops are processed before being assigned to a unit or sent home after injury or a tour of duty. Cf. repo depot n.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > quartering > [noun] > replacement depot

repple depple1944

repo depot1947

1944 R. Tregaskis Invasion Diary xv. 239 One of the conversational subjects of wounded men..is the dread prospect of being sent to a ‘Repple Depple’, a replacement depot.

1945 N.Y. Times Mag. 9 Dec. 20/3 Repple depples, in short, are dreary places.

1960 B. Duncan If it moves, salute It 9 Sometimes the Repple Depple goofs up.

1978 J. A. Michener Chesapeake 771 He was sent to Korea, not with a formed unit but to a replacement depot, a repple depple he explained to his parents.

2001 E. A. Reitan Riflemen 45 The repple-depple at Caserta was comprised of six-man pyramidal tents pitched in a wooded area.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	repple depple
释义	repple depplen. Brit. /ˈrɛpl ˌdɛpl/, U.S. /ˈrɛp(ə)l ˌdɛp(ə)l/ Forms: 1900s– reple deple, 1900s– repple depple. Also with capital initials. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: replacement n., depot n. Etymology: < repl- (in replacement n.) + depple , extended < dep- (in depot n.) for reduplicative effect. Compare slightly later repo depot n. U.S. Military slang. A replacement depot, a facility where troops are processed before being assigned to a unit or sent home after injury or a tour of duty. Cf. repo depot n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > quartering > [noun] > replacement depot repple depple1944 repo depot1947 1944 R. Tregaskis Invasion Diary xv. 239 One of the conversational subjects of wounded men..is the dread prospect of being sent to a ‘Repple Depple’, a replacement depot. 1945 N.Y. Times Mag. 9 Dec. 20/3 Repple depples, in short, are dreary places. 1960 B. Duncan If it moves, salute It 9 Sometimes the Repple Depple goofs up. 1978 J. A. Michener Chesapeake 771 He was sent to Korea, not with a formed unit but to a replacement depot, a repple depple he explained to his parents. 2001 E. A. Reitan Riflemen 45 The repple-depple at Caserta was comprised of six-man pyramidal tents pitched in a wooded area. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1944
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