Mortaritaville

Mortaritaville
 n.— «This sprawling supply base on a dusty stretch about 50 miles northwest of Baghdad is officially known as a “logistical support area.” But some of the thousands of soldiers and contractors who suffer daily mortar and rocket attacks have another name for it: “Mortaritaville.”» —“Long an Iraqi target, no U.S. help in sight” by Tom Bowman Baltimore Sun Oct. 11, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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