What does "stay frosty" mean?

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Anonymous  #343007  Sat, 24 Mar 07 10:20 PM
What does "stay frosty" mean?
  
Clive  #343032  Sun, 25 Mar 07 12:23 AM

Hi,

What does "stay frosty" mean? I believe it means 'Stay alert and ready for trouble', eg if you are a soldier in a dangerous place. It's not an expression I've heard, except in a few movies.

Best wishes, Clive

  
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Grammar Geek  #343084  Sun, 25 Mar 07 06:07 AM

Interesting! I'm glad you said that. I would have thought it was latest teenspeak for "Be cool, man."

  
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Anonymous  #558776  Tue, 26 Aug 08 01:44 PM
Stay frosty has two meanings.

1. stay frosty

A valediction which has come to mean "be cool," but which more properly understood is an admonishment to stay alert and on one's toes. See the quote below for the pop culture origin.
"Hey! I know we're all in strung out shape but stay frosty and alert. We can't afford to let one of those bastards in here."

--Corporal Hicks (Michael Biehn), in Aliens (1986)

2.  stay frosty

a manner of telling someone goodbye
syn. peace out, be cool, etc
see ya later tim, stay frosty

  
Anonymous  #560599  Sun, 31 Aug 08 04:50 AM
Aliens was just on TV, and it is also the title of one episode of the HBO Series "Generation Kill".  Both are about Marines, so I assume it's becoming a popular phrase amongst the military.
  
Anonymous  #565497  Sat, 13 Sep 08 07:18 AM
I would assume it is military "code" for "fight ready"
  
Anonymous  #574246  Tue, 07 Oct 08 10:09 PM
Slang meaning for "stay alert and ready".
  
Anonymous  #574936  Thu, 09 Oct 08 10:19 PM
Who ever said they think it is becoming a popular term in the military, you are somewhat correct. I am a Staff Sergeant in the United States Army. I have been to Iraq three times. Out in the field (A.K.A. a battle field) people do say "Stay Frosty", but we all have our own terms within our own platoon and squad. It is also just like the term "Never pet a burning dog", (Both of which happen to be titles of "Generation Kill" movie series) which basically means, don't try to help something or someone when it's too late. But thats just what I think it means, to other people it means something different, it could mean dont try to fix something when its not broken or it could literally mean don't pet a burning dog.
  
Anonymous  #595795  Wed, 26 Nov 08 06:23 PM

A valediction which has come to mean "be cool," but which more properly understood is an admonishment to stay alert and on one's toes. See the quote below for the pop culture origin.
"Hey! I know we're all in strung out shape but stay frosty and alert. We can't afford to let one of those bastards in here."

--Corporal Hicks (Michael Biehn), in Aliens (1986)
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