terp
n.— «Interpreters are referred to as “terps,” and are replaced in a seemingly endless flow of manpower as soon as they are killed.» —“Hit men target Iraqis working for Americans” by Sabrina Tavernise in Baghdad, Iraq Times Argus (Barre, Vermont) Sept. 19, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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