double veteran
n.— «During the Vietnam War, American soldiers earned the title of double veterans when they raped civilian women before murdering them.» —“Is the US fighting for women’s liberation?” by Elizabeth Schulte Socialist Worker Dec. 7, 2001. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Susie Dent’s murder mystery Guilty by Definition (Bookshop|Amazon) follows a lexicographer in Oxford who becomes a sleuth of a different kind, seeking the culprit in a long-unsolved killing. A lexicographer herself, Dent includes lots of obscure and...
When there’s no evening meal planned at home, what do you call that scramble to cobble together your own dinner? Some people apply acronyms like YOYO — “you’re on your own” — or CORN, for “Clean Out your Refrigerator...