Decon, Intel, Eurolash

[Dave Wilton]

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> From: American Dialect Society
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> Of James A. Landau
> Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 10:25 AM
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> Subject: Re: Decon, Intel, Eurolash
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> In a message dated 2/6/03 5:13:09 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> Bapopik at AOL.COM
> writes:
>
> > INTEL--Intelligence.  Also not in the OED.
>
> This has been around for ages.  Here's an apparent February
> 1996 citation:

Both "decon" and "intel" have been around for ages. Here are a couple of
early Usenet cites:

"They issue all their troops with a personal decon kit - like we do"
--Jeff Miller, 16 May 1985, in Arms-Discussion Digest V3 #33, fa.arms-d

"...believe it or not, somebody in the intel community was smart enough to
think
about talking to emigres, too."
--Robert Bloom, 21 Feb 1985, in Arms-Discussion Digest V3 #10, fa.arms-d

I'm certain that digging through government and military documents will turn
up many, much earlier hits.