The war in Ukraine has decimated a once feared Russian brigade

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/12/16/russia-200th-brigade-decimated-ukraine/

by eitland • 4 years ago

6 3 4 years ago

Does anyone know if the US military has a rationale for their seemingly arbitrary exercises in vocabulary mutation?

Eg Overmatch, which according to the Wikipedia page "is a concept in modern military thinking", I would argue it would've been entirely familiar to G. Julius Caesar as dominātus, cognate to "Domination". Undoubtedly exactly the same concept existed (albeit impressed into clay) in sumerian military thinking.

eitland• 4 years ago

I have heard Icelandic does the same, but much more.

I actually think it is good to replace old, weird words with newer, better and more precise ones. As long as the new ones are better that is.

0823498723498722• 4 years ago

I agree with the sentiment, but in this case I find overmatch a new, weird word that is no more precise than dominate, and hence not better.

(Upon reflection, maybe it is more precise in that it flags "this is a specifically US military-industrial term of art"?)

The war in Ukraine has decimated a once feared Russian brigade

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