English

Noun

blue falcon ‎(plural blue falcons)

1. (US, military) A bowdlerizing or perhaps humorous euphemism for the derogatory term buddy ****, a supposed comrade whose actions harm his friends, often for his own benefit.
   • 2013, Jeff Rose, Soldier of Finance: Take Charge of Your Money and Invest in Your Future, AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn, ISBN 0814433294, 9780814433294, page 26:

     We had a term in the military for a soldier who was not a good Battle Buddy. He was a "Blue Falcon." That rather odd name is an attempt to clean up a much more graphic term. The initials for Blue Falco, "BF", were originally the first letters of a term I'll refrain from printing here. Let's just say that the "B" stood for "Buddy" and the "F" stood for a classic word of profanity. A BF was someone who screwed his buddies. We just called them Blue Falcons.

   • 2007, David Axe, Army 101: Inside ROTC in a Time of War, Univ of South Carolina Press, page 31:

     To them, he's a Blue Falcon, a derogatory euphemism for "buddy-****." Blue Falcons are great soldiers when the commander's watching. But they'll **** you in a heartbeat when nobody else is around.

See also

• battle buddy
• backstabber