Share This Article 1. The M79 single-shot grenade launcher was sometimes called this. Bam-bam Can pusher Tinman Thumper 2. So called “dime novels” could cost as much as this. Twenty-five cents Fifteen cents Fifty cents Ten cents 3. The term “boondocks” meaning the jungle comes from this war. The Philippines’ Insurrection World War Two The Korean War The Vietnam War Loading …