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warspeak, n.|ˈwɔːspiːk|
Also war-speak.
[f. war n.1 + -speak.]
Jargon used during or in the description of a war, esp. by military personnel.
1967Guardian 7 July 20/7 In the language of ‘Warspeak’, the United States strategy is assured destruction. 1981New Scientist 5 Nov. 392/2 Baker's brand of warspeak fits in well with the predilection of whoever chose the book's pictures to jumble them about all over the place with little regard to the text. 1983N.Y. Times 17 July vi. 15/2 The stress in their society over the past eight years has spawned a whole new vernacular of ‘warspeak’ that peppers every conversation. 1991Independent 17 Jan. 5/5 Where did this confidence spring from? Patriotism? America's characteristic and dangerous trust in technology? Or was it from the war-speak of military colleges, where battalions ‘lose assets’ rather than human beings. |