V-I Day

[Bapopik at AOL.COM]

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/10/opinion/10SAFI.html

   William Safire's NEW YORK TIMES column (above) today is titled "Jubilant
V-I Day."  That's for "Victory over/in Iraq."  OED has both "VE" (Europe) and
"VJ" (Japan).  It's a good thing we don't have to declare victory over
Denmark.
   Google Groups shows that Safire didn't come close to coining it.  "V-I
Day" has been used not only recently, but also in 1991 during the first Gulf
War.
    Let's see, if we beat Iran, that would be called...