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So you're a veteran in your field? What war did you fight to earn that title?! (files.catbox.moe)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/linkedinlunatics

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Had a laugh when I saw this post, he was constantly defending himself in the comments as if the US army owns the word "veteran"

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

According to Merriam-Webster, the word "veteran" comes from a Latin adjective, veteranus, describing long experience. The first known use in English carried the meaning of an old soldier who served for a long time. But okay, let's pretend that the original meaning isn't valid because it was borrowed as a word describing a soldier, then shouldn't we also go after people who call themselves "veterans" because they spent a single term of enlistment in the armed forces, and especially those who never had a tour of duty?