GWOT n.— «This summer, three of the four offerings have to do with the Iraq war or the GWOT (Pentagonese for “Global War on Terrorism,” of which the Pentagon views the Iraq struggle an integral part).» —“Theater festival...
roforofo fight n.— «The war gongs are already primed, trenches are being dug, and the various troops are moving into positions. Nothing, it seems can stop this fight that promises to be what the late Afro beat musician, Fela Anikulapo...
hot wash n.— «The day the fighting ended, senior Army aides presented to Army Chief of Staff Carl E. Vuono their first observations on the operation. Such an initial review of a just-concluded operation is called a “hot wash...
rocking chair job n.— «I could easily have bribed myself into a rocking chair job in the Army or Navy during the war and would have avoided al the trouble I had.» —“Draft Dodger Bergdoll Denies Bribery in Escape” in...
boondocking n.— «Time was, not many years ago, when a motorist, bound for boondocking in the wilds of Baja California, said good-buy [sic] to his wife, hugged all the children and plopped a bedroll in the back seat of a war surplus...
rice bowl n.— «The composition of QDR architects is likely to produce another rubber-stamp picture of where spending priorities should remain, thus protecting the iron rice bowls of tactical air supremacy aircraft, carriers and subs...