← Back to context Comment by tokyobreakfast 1 day ago [flagged] 8 comments tokyobreakfast Reply biophysboy 1 day ago How often was the term used before last year? jefftk 1 day ago Pretty often. When I was at a defense contractor it was the standard term for when you didn't want to say soldier/sailor/airman/marine/etc.https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=warfighter&date=a... has videogame-related spikes, but doesn't show any recent increase. biophysboy 1 day ago Thanks for replying - so its used as a generic catch-all term internally? Did previous DoD secretaries use it in speeches? I thought they used bureaucratic terms like service member. I guess that doesn't work in casual conversation... tokyobreakfast 1 day ago I feel like regardless of what answer or proof anyone gives you, you'll still insist it was invented three weeks ago. biophysboy 1 day ago ?? I am genuinely asking ... nevermind, another person answered 2 replies → SanjayMehta 1 day ago Your response seems a bit aggressive.I'll give you the benefit of the doubt.
biophysboy 1 day ago How often was the term used before last year? jefftk 1 day ago Pretty often. When I was at a defense contractor it was the standard term for when you didn't want to say soldier/sailor/airman/marine/etc.https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=warfighter&date=a... has videogame-related spikes, but doesn't show any recent increase. biophysboy 1 day ago Thanks for replying - so its used as a generic catch-all term internally? Did previous DoD secretaries use it in speeches? I thought they used bureaucratic terms like service member. I guess that doesn't work in casual conversation... tokyobreakfast 1 day ago I feel like regardless of what answer or proof anyone gives you, you'll still insist it was invented three weeks ago. biophysboy 1 day ago ?? I am genuinely asking ... nevermind, another person answered 2 replies →
jefftk 1 day ago Pretty often. When I was at a defense contractor it was the standard term for when you didn't want to say soldier/sailor/airman/marine/etc.https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=warfighter&date=a... has videogame-related spikes, but doesn't show any recent increase. biophysboy 1 day ago Thanks for replying - so its used as a generic catch-all term internally? Did previous DoD secretaries use it in speeches? I thought they used bureaucratic terms like service member. I guess that doesn't work in casual conversation...
biophysboy 1 day ago Thanks for replying - so its used as a generic catch-all term internally? Did previous DoD secretaries use it in speeches? I thought they used bureaucratic terms like service member. I guess that doesn't work in casual conversation...
tokyobreakfast 1 day ago I feel like regardless of what answer or proof anyone gives you, you'll still insist it was invented three weeks ago. biophysboy 1 day ago ?? I am genuinely asking ... nevermind, another person answered 2 replies →
How often was the term used before last year?
Pretty often. When I was at a defense contractor it was the standard term for when you didn't want to say soldier/sailor/airman/marine/etc.
https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=warfighter&date=a... has videogame-related spikes, but doesn't show any recent increase.
Thanks for replying - so its used as a generic catch-all term internally? Did previous DoD secretaries use it in speeches? I thought they used bureaucratic terms like service member. I guess that doesn't work in casual conversation...
I feel like regardless of what answer or proof anyone gives you, you'll still insist it was invented three weeks ago.
?? I am genuinely asking ... nevermind, another person answered
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Your response seems a bit aggressive.
I'll give you the benefit of the doubt.