Word: swearword
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...squadron was a ' quiet one. It flew with a steady hand and did not stunt. It did its job and then talked about something else. It groused a bit for the good of its health, but on the whole it was brave, cooperative, steady, unboastful. Its pet swearword, which it picked up from Al Frank, was "Oh, Krause!" Its pet salute was what Red Wages described as a Jap salute: both hands, fingers spread...
Presidential preoccupation with naval affairs was not solely to blame. An anti-inflation speech would not be the most popular speech the President could make right now. Inflation is an economist's swearword; but a lot of other people are for it so far as it seems to mean higher prices for what they have to sell. Not an organized group, some potential members of the Friends of U.S. Inflation could be counted last week...
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