CentComm -- Short for central command. Brilliantly slices two whole syllables off of the term while adding many, many degress of annoyance. Odds of hearing during any 15 minute period of war/news coverage: 3:1

Embedded -- Indicates that a journalist is travelling with and covering a particular military unit. Odds of hearing during any 15 minute period of war/news coverage: 1:1


Feel free to add your own words.

On the first night, I was going to be sick if they said, "target of opportunity" one more time about the attacks to get Saddam. Thankfully, that phrase has disappeared.

Whenever I hear "embedded", for whatever reason I think the reporter is over in Iraq committing adultery time and time again..

Lots of "embedding" goin' on in those parts.. :D

Shock and Awe got old REALLY quickly...

Shock and Awe- Didn't really shock and didin't really awe. It did shock me by how much the term was used. Odds of hearing during any 15 minute period of war/news coverage: 2:1 in the first week, 100:1 since.

Neocon- Used to describe a group of conservative thinkers pushing for a more muscular foriegn policy. Sounds like a terrorist group in a Tom Clancy novel. "Jack Ryan knew all he needed to know about the threat from Neocon." Odds of hearing during any 15 minute period of war/news coverage: 5:1

Operation Iraqi Freedom. Who came up with that anyway? :)

Tarkus

Originally posted by JPhillips


Neocon- Used to describe a group of conservative thinkers pushing for a more muscular foriegn policy. Sounds like a terrorist group in a Tom Clancy novel. "Jack Ryan knew all he needed to know about the threat from Neocon." Odds of hearing during any 15 minute period of war/news coverage: 5:1

The neocons aren't terrorists? I thought they were.

I second the name Operation iraqi Freedom.

But then again, this administration has had all kinds of stupid names. Operation Enduring Freedom. Operation Infinant Justice. Who do they have naming these things?

Daer God, there's been one every day. I'd love to attend one of those meetings that all the journalists have each morning where they decide what phrase to beat into the ground that day.

"Shock and Awe", "Target of Opportunity", "Red Line", "Wave of Steel", "Devil Docs".

I can't wait until these phrases just lose all meaning and fade into obscurity, like "where's the beef" and "freedom of speech".

A little pre-war, but I still feel like beating the heck out of the nearest person when I hear "smoking gun"

I am amazed WMD is getting the amount of airtime it does, after all this time. I agree "Operation Iraqi Freedom" and "Embedded" are painful to hear too, whether it's because they are overused or just silly terms:). The "Shock and Awe" phrase might be less reviled now if the strategy had been successful.

What about the "Invisible Red Line" around Baghdad? How can it be red if it's invisible?

And if the line is invisible, how do you know it's there?

Shock and Awe is hilarious. It is like a very bad film.

A good footy mate of mine comically refers to his fists as Thunder and Lightning.

In order to mock him relentlessly about it i refer to my fists as Snap & Crackle (ripping off a popular ceral snack brand - Rices: Snap, Crackle & Pop).

A second friend of mine, to mock both the first guy and the nickname of the campaign now jokingly refers to his fists as Shock & Awe.

Very amusing.

Shock and Awe is by far the worst.