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militaryspeak en · NOUN

Etymology

From military + -speak.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The jargon of the military.
    • The military had been reticent over casualty figures (defined in militaryspeak as 'collateral damage') during the slaughters of new militarist adventures in Grenada and Panama. 1997, Richard Keeble, Secret State, Silent Press: New Militarism, the Gulf and the Modern Image of Warfare, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 150:
    • Harsh ratcheting sounds came from outside the SUV, penetrating the constant feed from the military band radio. The soldiers spoke in cryptic responses. Schofield was picking up the militaryspeak, but a lot of it remained Greek to him. 2013, Mel Odom, Renegade, Tyndale, →ISBN, page 162:
    • They were terrorists, for sure—Tangos in militaryspeak. 2011, Lucianne Rivers, Entice Me, Entangled Publishing, LLC, →ISBN: