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Word: aufrusten (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Usage:

...also dropped the use of the term Pro- letariat, because intellectuals and white-collar workers felt left out. Rationelle Arbeit, which means rational work in West Germany, has become East Germany's pet euphemism for work per formed in accord with party goals. In the West German dictionary, aufrusten means t6 rearm. The East German dictionary warns that when the word is used in Bundesdeutsch, or Federal German, it means "to increase the number of troops and their equipment with aggressive intentions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: East Germany: Semantics of Separatism | 8/25/1967 | See Source »

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