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Military jargon, terminology, dictionaries, and documents. Georgetown PhD. Buzzword enthusiast.
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I found “fish” in sailor slang back to the 1700s but nothing about the army… sorry!!
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Hi! I can take a look for you, what is the term?
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Ignoring this message feels like contributing to the collapse of American community
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I can’t really disagree with that 🤣
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👀 (Accurate.)
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Oh this is too perfect!!
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I love this so much
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Stephen King, On Writing. My favorite so far.
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After seeing all your great cocktail photos, the answer will always be yes! Haha! That is a beautiful bar.
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I just want to take it home and let it rest on the shelf of glory with its brethren… 😢
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NO I AM ACTUALLY THINKING ABOUT REREADING THEM ALL SOON THEY ARE AMAZING and when do we get the next one?!
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Also fun fact, MASSIVE changes were made to the DoD dictionary in 2000-2001 so that’s a pivotal lexicon right there. ☹️
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I get so sad thinking about all the obsolete dictionaries that have been destroyed ☹️
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NOOOOOOOOOO THIS BREAKS MY HEART
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And the 1810 definition of “manœuvre:”