Words & TermsWar, service and history
Anzac soup
Shell-hole water polluted by a corpse.
In a sentence
In this historical or contextual use, “Anzac soup” means shell-hole water polluted by a corpse.
Where it came from
AWM and the original AIF glossary directly attest this as Australian First World War soldiers’ slang.
- Initial era
- 1900–1949
- Where used
- Australian military usage; historical