Dictionary of Military Abbreviations Naval War College Review (7/1/1997)
Polmar, Norman, et al. Dictionary of Military Abbreviations. Annapolis...to the alphabet soup of military jargon." Actually, of course...some even produced by the military itself. This one, however...particular niche: a resource for military and security practitioners...meant an avalanche of ...

Professional Military Education in the United States: A Historical Dictionary. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article) Air Power History (3/22/2002)
Professional Military Education in the United States: A Historical Dictionary. Edited by William E. Simons. Westport...practice of American professional military education (PME). Its subtitle is...curious, since it is far more than a dictionary; most of the entries are two or...Trevor Depuy's 1992 ...

GOP IS ACRONYM FOR THE 'GRAND OPTIONAL PARTY'.(Editorial)(Column) The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) (2/28/2006)
Byline: John S. Hutton The GOP acronym has been kidnapped. It was last seen...against a noun, impossible to win in any military sense. True believers buck at this...than those on drugs or illiteracy. The military has a major role, but a limited one...s strikes the word terror from the dictionary? The ...

Translating Technical Acronyms: A Black Hole of Techspeak The Journal Record (7/22/1992)
...translating technical acronyms. I came to terms...One "bad word" dictionary prohibits the usual...problem is with acronyms like VCR, CADCAM...PC. I don't like acronyms in the first place...allowed less than 10 acronyms to be used by reporters...educationese, the military flooding its ...

Of severe/acute: Is the acronym SARS redundant? International Herald Tribune (5/5/2003)
...opposite of chronic; Stedman's Medical Dictionary defines acute as relating to ''a disease...but not quite.''Here is how SARS the acronym came about. Three worried officials of...via e-mail, Regan explains: ''During military maneuvers in the English-speaking world...

Historical dictionary of international intelligence.(Brief Article)(Book Review) Reference & Research Book News (11/1/2006)
9780810855786 Historical dictionary of international intelligence. West...contribution) offers cross-referenced dictionary entries on international intelligence...and countries. It includes a list of acronyms and a chronology. West is a military historian specializing in intelligence...

Amaze your friends - speak military. Journal of Electronic Defense (10/1/1997)
...incorporating the terms acronym and military. Our evaluation...pair of test acronyms was defined...acronym? The dictionary defines an acronym...of Relevant Acronyms, displays an...List of Common Military Acronyms (http://nadn.navy.mil/MISLO/acronym.html), ...

New words create a dictionary dilemma ; Nother year, another dictionary. The 11th edition of the Chambers Dictionary is published this month and reveals hundreds of the newest words and phrases from our ever-expanding language. Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK) (8/16/2008)
...Froggat butted in. "The bleedin' dictionary! Why? Cos no-one ever sits...the world, lugging a massive dictionary with him everywhere he went...bookmark to keep his place in a dictionary. But broadcaster Jeremy Paxman...slightly more scholarly way: "A dictionary is one of the very few books...panty ...

A Beachhead in the Dictionary; Language Still Carries the Lively Speech of GIs The Washington Post (5/27/2004)
...birth to "snafu," an acronym for an R-rated phrase...chief editor of the Dictionary of American Regional...For a 1994 book on military slang, Dickson researched...of the Oxford English Dictionary. America's recent conflicts...