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Elena Wicker

@ElenaWicker

Military jargon, terminology, buzzwords, dictionaries, documents • PhD from @GUGovt

FM 1-02.1 Katılım Ağustos 2014
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Merriam-Webster
Merriam-Webster@MerriamWebster·
The word 'clue' was originally a variant spelling of 'clew,' meaning “ball of thread or yarn.” Our modern sense of clue, “guide to the solution of a mystery,” grows out of a motif in myth and folklore, the ball of thread that helps in finding one’s way out of a maze.
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Merriam-Webster
Merriam-Webster@MerriamWebster·
-cease and desist -null and void -aid and abet -free and clear -ways and means Why is law stuff like this always two words? These are called ‘legal doublets’ and we can once again blame the Normans. 🧵⬇️
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NFL
NFL@NFL·
The official #SuperBowlLX coin is a silver medal called the Libertas Americana, commissioned by Benjamin Franklin to celebrate American independence.
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Elena Wicker@ElenaWicker·
Big day for the dictionary collection… 1802 and 2026! In the first ten minutes, had to look up a word from the 1802 in the 2026 🤣. #exiguous
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Alex & Books 📚
Alex & Books 📚@AlexAndBooks_·
“Think not of the books you’ve bought as a ‘to be read’ pile. Instead, think of your bookcase as a wine cellar. You collect books to be read at the right time, the right place, and the right mood.” -Luc van Donkersgoed
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Louise Jensen Duffy (also Ernest Jensen)
Them: You're not buying new books, are you? Me: Absolutely not. These books were published years ago.
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Prof. Feynman
Prof. Feynman@ProfFeynman·
If the theory is beautiful but the data hates it, trust the data.
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Elena Wicker@ElenaWicker·
A normal military dictionary from the 1700s: How to make a stink bomb! Recipes to feed a thousand. Tunes for bagpipes! Artillery tables (for your stink bomb). Some random French. A list of every war ever. How to preserve your vast personal collection of oysters. Now CATAPULTS.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica@Britannica·
velociraptor = distanceraptor / timeraptor
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Merriam-Webster
Merriam-Webster@MerriamWebster·
“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas” Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
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Quite Interesting
Quite Interesting@qikipedia·
Words that turn 100 in 2025 include sweatshirt, motel, recycle and group therapy.
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Asher Perlman
Asher Perlman@asherperlman·
My favorite book is the dictionary because it contains the ingredients for all other books.
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Merriam-Webster
Merriam-Webster@MerriamWebster·
grawlix | noun | a series of typographical symbols (such as $#!) used in text as a replacement for profanity
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Susie Dent
Susie Dent@susie_dent·
Today I offer a reminder of the word ‘forswunk’ (13th century): exhausted from too much work. To be ‘foreswunk’ (my own version) is to be exhausted before you even begin.
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Merriam-Webster
Merriam-Webster@MerriamWebster·
Here is an interesting adjective quirk that you probably aren’t even aware you are doing. In English, adjectives seem to follow a specific order: opinion - size - age - shape - color - origin - material - purpose - noun ⬇️ merriam-webster.com/grammar/one-we…
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Elena Wicker@ElenaWicker·
@LaymansLinguist They don’t all have the same words!!! So to get all the words, you need all the dictionaries! (Also at what number does it become too many dictionaries … asking for a friend…)
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Elena Wicker@ElenaWicker·
I am that person who goes to a Labor Day wine tasting weekend and somehow comes home with a spelling book from 1870. 🤷‍♀️
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Elena Wicker@ElenaWicker·
Unfortunately, military acronyms don’t have the same standardization requirements as official military words - which is why you see so much duplication and weirdness (like “backronyms” or using the second or third letter of a word in the acronym).
Francesca Akhtar 🇮🇹 🇬🇧@ColdWarFran

Can anyone help with US military acronyms? I've seen both the US Army Chief of Staff, Intelligence & the Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence referred to by the acronym 'ACSI.' But that can't be correct, can it? Internet search doesn't help.

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