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" War slang : "
Paul Dickson
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BL
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591072
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b420291
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| Main Entry
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Dickson, Paul
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| Title & Author
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War slang : : American fighting words and phrases since the Civil War /\ Paul Dickson
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2nd ed
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| Publication Statement
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Washington, D.C. :: Brassey's,, c2004
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xi, 428 p. ;; 23 cm
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| ISBN
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1574887106 (pbk : acid-free paper)
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: 9781574887105 (pbk : acid-free paper)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Introduction: Fire Cakes -- 1. Civil and Uncivil Words: War Slang Before the Great War: From the War Between the States Through the War with Spain -- 2. World War I: Over there and Over the Top: Terms That Came Up from the Trenches, and Down from the Dogfight -- 3. The Many Words of World War II: G.I.'s, Jeeps, Kilroy, and V-Signs from Two Theaters of War -- 4. The Code of the Korean Conflict: A Few Words from World War 2 1/2 -- 5. Vietnam Vocab: Out of the Jungles of Southeast Asia -- 6. A Gulf Glossary: Grains of "Sandspeak" from the War That Was on Every Channel -- 7. Doomsday's Dictionary: Verbal Fallout from Nukes, the Cold War (1946-1991), and the Puzzle Palace -- 8. Terms for a Time of Terror: New Words for the Post-9/11 World and the Iraq War
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Soldiers-- United States-- Language, Dictionaries
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English language-- United States-- Slang, Dictionaries
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Military art and science-- United States, Dictionaries
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Americanisms, Dictionaries
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United States, History, Military, Dictionaries
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PE3727.S7D53 2004
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