FRAGO
n.— «The Army has lots of acronyms. One is Frago, short for fragmentary order, or a change in the main attack plan.» —“Discovering Doubt and Death On Drive Toward Baghdad” by Steven Lee Myers in Baghdad, Iraq Washington Post Apr. 13, 2003. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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