PowerPoint Ranger
n.—Gloss: a derogatory term for a military bureaucrat or policy wonk. «As anyone who has ever worked in or near it can attest, the DoD is run by what I like to call Powerpoint Rangers: guys like Thomas Barnett, who latch onto a big, simple idea, attach pretty animations and maps, and proclaim themselves Grand Strategists.» —“Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin” by Joshua Foust Registan.net Dec. 17, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Loretta in Shreveport, Louisiana, wants to know what lexical and dialectal clues linguists look for when guessing where someone is from. She also wonders: Do people with long careers in the military or who grew up in a military family have a...
A hundred years ago, suffragists lobbied to win women the right to vote. Linguistically speaking, though, suffrage isn’t about “suffering.” It’s from a Latin word that involves voting. Plus: military cadences often include...
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