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weekend warrior


A home handyman. Male. Inhabits hardware stores on weekends: The Weekend Warrior asks a hardware sales assistant how much it would cost to build a retaining wall.

Contributor's comments: "Weekend Warrior" used to be a derogatory name for the "C.M.F." (Citizens Military Forces) now known as the Army Reserve, also called "Cut Lunch Commandoes"

Contributor's comments: I'd always understood "weekend warrior" as a derogatory term for the army reserve, which was later hijacked for skirmish players.

Contributor's comments: Within the Taxi Industry in Cairns, a derogatory term used to refer to Part Time or Casual drivers who only work on weekends. (Seen as not as good as the full-timers and assumed to have lesser knowledge and therefore not as good a driver).

Weekend Warrior


'Weekend Warrior' is a term used to describe a member of the Defence Force Reserves because they usually only 'play soldiers' on the weekends: Joe is a weekend warrior.

Contributor's comments: [Sydney informant] a derogatory term for the office 'Clark Kent' who secretly believes he's the next General Macarthur, even though he only plays soldiers 3 weekends a year - Sydney.

Contributor's comments: Used around Bendigo a lot, as we have a reserve unit here.

Contributor's comments: Another term in use in Bendigo area for Army Reserve personnel is 'Cut Lunch Commando".