militaryspeak

English

Etymology

military +‎ -speak

Noun

militaryspeak (uncountable)

  1. The jargon of the military.
    • 1997, Richard Keeble, Secret State, Silent Press: New Militarism, the Gulf and the Modern Image of Warfare, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 150:
      The military had been reticent over casualty figures (defined in militaryspeak as 'collateral damage') during the slaughters of new militarist adventures in Grenada and Panama.
    • 2011, Lucianne Rivers, Entice Me‎, Entangled Publishing, LLC, →ISBN:
      They were terrorists, for sure—Tangos in militaryspeak.
    • 2013, Mel Odom, Renegade, Tyndale, →ISBN, page 162:
      Harsh ratcheting sounds came from outside the SUV, penetrating the constant feed from the military band radio. The soldiers spoke in cryptic responses. Schofield was picking up the militaryspeak, but a lot of it remained Greek to him.
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