"Generation Kill" glossary
Benjamin Zimmer
bgzimmer at BABEL.LING.UPENN.EDU
Mon Jul 21 19:49:51 UTC 2008
Here's an extensive glossary of Iraq War terms used in the HBO miniseries
"Generation Kill":
http://interestingdiscussions.blogspot.com/2008/07/generation-kill-glossary.html
Evidently derived from this Word document:
http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/files/gen_kill_glossary.doc
Some interesting items on the list, though it does repeat the POG = "Person
Other than Grunt" etymythoacronym.
--Ben Zimmer
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