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[Tellurian]

If that is what they call it... it's from a playbook somewhere.. I did have a site some years ago that gave new meaning to the power of words by changing their conventional recognizable definitions in terms defining the same thing otherwise by giving them new terminology.. This process called "neologism" is rampant with the Neocons..

The definition of "neologism" is:

A *neologism* is a word, term, or phrase which has been recently created (or "coined"), often to apply to new concepts, to synthesize pre-existing concepts, or to make older terminology sound more contemporary. Neologisms are especially useful in identifying inventions, new phenomena, or old ideas that have taken on a new cultural context. The term "e-mail", as used today, is an example of a neologism.

Etymology: Greek νεολογισμός , from νέος new + λόγος word, speech, discourse + suffix -ισμός <-ismos> -ism

Neologisms are by definition "new", and as such are often directly attributable to a specific individual, publication, period or event. The term "neologism" was itself coined around 1800, so in the early 19th century, the word "neologism" was itself a neologism.


example:

POW= (new terminology) "enemy combatant"..