Yomp is Royal Marines slang describing a long-distance march carrying full kit. The origin of the word is unclear. It was popularized by journalistic coverage in 1982 during the Falklands War. It has been compared to the term yump used in rally-driving in the sense of "to leave the ground when taking a crest at speed", apparently a variant of jump. British Army slang for the same thing is 'tab', of equally unknown origin (one suggestion would interpret it as an acronym of Tactical Advance to Battle[citation needed]).