L.I.E.S.    Language in Extreme Situations

A web against the use of Language as a Weapon of Mass Deception

 

 

 

COLLATERAL LANGUAGE
A Glossary to Understand (and Avoid) the Language of Mass Deception



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Ocupación

Embedding

Sensitive Site Exploitation

Hot Contact Point

Blue On Blue

Eye-raq

Rapid Dominance

Fixing

Breaking the China


Mouseholing

Strike Package

Regime Target

Mercenaries

Doublespeak

 

 

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(Source: «Language of war. Decoding the jargon of war», Nicholas Watt and Rory McCarthy,The Guardian)

In a troubling development for those already concerned about US domination of the coalition attempting to topple Saddam Hussein, British officers now appear to be adopting the American pronunciation of the country they are invading. Captain Al Lockwood, one of the spokesmen for British forces in the Gulf, gave the new spoken form its first outing on BBC Radio 4's Broadcasting House programme yesterday morning.

 

 




 

 

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