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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, July 15, 2007

   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 15, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                              July 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition Page 7 relocating take your education with Smuc makes it easy for you to continue taking classes even when you save time and dont lose any credits by simply filling out one online form so your records will be sent and Smuc offers hundreds of courses online and at 150 locations around the which Means you can take classes no matter where you stay in Contact with your local Field representative until you after you Contact your Smuc military advising team for financial or any other assistance you May inf Complete your relocation form Contact Smuc Europe Dan 3143706762 civilian University of Maryland University College Europe copyright 2007 University of Maryland University College dictionaries add words of wars Iraq bring contributions to language by Bryan Mitchell stars and stripes Raf England the English language is forever evolving with the times and the it appears its also growing to keep up with americas War on in the past several two of the languages Foremost dictionaries have added dozens of new words and expressions born on the Battlefield but understood by a wider thanks largely to the Media and popular because its never far from the and Iraq is never far from the front these words get used More in the and then people Start dropping them in everyday said Cormac an editor with Collins English and if they Are used often they get listed in the Dic Londo based Collins updates its list every two it has added several words or idioms used by soldiers and sailors on both sides of the such As Gizmo and Mckeown said a combination of highly visible communicators in president Bush administration and journalists eager to employ the language of the military has led to the infusion of these new words into the larger Lan the Bush administration is very Good at coming up with these sound bites that stick in the Public he and the journalists in especially the Are trying to show that they Are in the and that they Are Down with the people doing the Thomas an associate editor with said the duration of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan also has played a these words have had a Long time to seep into the Public con he sometimes words need to simmer around for a while before they Are widely a some of the words Bijj fall out of favor when the military stops using others will remain Long after hostilities Pitoniak said a word that originated Dur Jig world War ii still listed in the Mer Ria Webster Robert a professor at Syracuse University new House school of Public communications and a leading expert on popular said new words words and definitions Collins English dictionary has updated its some of the More with definition Are beast v chiefly punish or torture someone in a manner that involves excessive physical exer Cise  n the process of removing the members and influence of the baath party from Public office in Iraq following the invasion of Gizmo n Guantanamo referring More specifically to the detainment Camp run Here by the in which suspected terrorists Are detained and terrorism funded by the Sale of illegal therm Baric of an explosive device or explosion detonated by Means of an explosive substance reacting spontaneously with exhibition killing n the murder of a hostage by Ter filmed for broadcast ing on television or the inter the Merriam Webster dictionary update includes the Fol lowing Burka n a Loose enveloping garment that covers the face and body and is worn in Public by certain Muslim Hijab n the traditional covering for the hair and neck that is worn Muslim Jed improvised explosive Reg abbr rocket pro pulled and phrases Are the inevitable effect of new big events typically invent new vernacular to describe new especially he new words also create euphemisms to package things Polit he said the Media is largely the impetus behind the but that even the most sophisticated linguists and communicators cant manipulate How language decides which words stick and which these words spread through an incredibly efficient International mass a word can be coined on and used universally on he understanding it is one controlling it is email Bryan Mitchell at   
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