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codeword [ˈkəʊdˌwɜːd] n (Electronics & Computer Science / Communications & Information) (esp in military use) a word used to identify a classified plan, operation, etc. Also codename How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Under the system of "concs and stonks" on call, the FOO called for target "Norway," the codeword for the position. He used explicitly inflammatory codewords, arguing that new security and labor provisions in Uganda constituted a "mortal wound to British Democracy," violated the UN charter, and constituted "colonial enslavement" and the "Nazification" of Uganda. That is a place name that has come to be a codeword for the cynical sacrifice of small nations' freedom to great powers' spheres of influence. |
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