イラク戦争に関わって生じた語彙

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This paper sets out to record and describe a small but significant corpus of some 120 words and phrases recently employed during the campaign led by the administration of George Bush Junior to remove Saddam Hussein and his party from power in Iraq. The campaign began in earnest on 29 January 2002 with a speech which declared Iraq to be part of an Axis of Evil, and effectively ended with the six-week war which destroyed Iraqi military resistance and toppled Hussein's government by the end of April 2003. The present paper begins with an overview of the given terrain and its most salient features, from a lexicographical point of view. The main section consists of a glossary of terms listed alphabetically and defined individually, with supporting citations mostly excerpted from newspaper articles, but also occasionally from transcriptions of television news broadcasts and from online sources. Notes are provided where the need was felt for further comment. The paper concludes with an attempt to assess to what extent this particular set of words will leave a mark on the English language as a whole.
2003-08-08