terrn.

/təː/

Etymology: abbreviation of terrorist n. and adj.

slang.

Among white Rhodesians during the war (1964–79) prior to the establishment of Zimbabwe: a guerrilla fighting to overthrow the white minority government. Usually in plural.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > guerrilla > [noun] > specific

jay-hawker1860

bushwhacker1862

comitadji1903

chetnik1909

partisan1917

shifta1920

fellagha1922

maquisard1944

mujahidin1947

Tupamaro1969

terr1976

1976 Verbatim Sept. 14/2 Rhodesians, according to a recent news dispatch, now have one [sc. a ‘clipping’] they could do without, namely the Terrs (general for ‘the terrorists’).

1976 Listener 23 Dec. 835/3 It may help..to know the kind of slang that they [sc. Rhodesian Whites] are going to be using. ‘Terrs’ is short for ‘terrorists’... To ‘rev’ is to shoot somebody.

1980 Times 18 Jan. 19/2 Infiltration over the Zambesi River by ‘terrs’—or terrorists/freedom fighters, depending on your politics.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	terr
释义	terrn. /təː/ Etymology: abbreviation of terrorist n. and adj. slang. Among white Rhodesians during the war (1964–79) prior to the establishment of Zimbabwe: a guerrilla fighting to overthrow the white minority government. Usually in plural. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > guerrilla > [noun] > specific jay-hawker1860 bushwhacker1862 comitadji1903 chetnik1909 partisan1917 shifta1920 fellagha1922 maquisard1944 mujahidin1947 Tupamaro1969 terr1976 1976 Verbatim Sept. 14/2 Rhodesians, according to a recent news dispatch, now have one [sc. a ‘clipping’] they could do without, namely the Terrs (general for ‘the terrorists’). 1976 Listener 23 Dec. 835/3 It may help..to know the kind of slang that they [sc. Rhodesian Whites] are going to be using. ‘Terrs’ is short for ‘terrorists’... To ‘rev’ is to shoot somebody. 1980 Times 18 Jan. 19/2 Infiltration over the Zambesi River by ‘terrs’—or terrorists/freedom fighters, depending on your politics. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1976
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