Review: the month of June

June saw 87 definitions: 84 new terms and three reprises.

After adding June's definitions to May's, the Terrorist's Dictionary has 128 entries for 125 terms.

There are still no entries under K, X, Y, and Z. Suggestions?

The month of June ...

A

abstinence – noun

abstinence-only – adjective

accounting – noun

anchor – noun

asymmetric – adjective

audit – noun

authentic – noun


B

bipartisan – adjective

black site – noun

blowback – noun


C

campaign contribution – noun

centrist – adjective

coalition – noun

column – noun

conflict of interest – noun

constitutional – adjective


D

democracy – noun

diplomacy – noun

duct tape – noun


E

enduring – adjective

ethanol – noun


F

faith-based – adjective

family man – noun

free trade – noun


G

gambling – noun

ghost detainee – noun

global posture – noun


H

high value target – noun

humane – adjective


I

IED – noun

illegal – adjective

illegal combatant – noun

illegal combatant – noun (reprise)

illegal combatant – noun (reprise)

intelligence – noun

interventionism – noun

investigate – verb


J

journalist – noun


L

legal counsel – noun

liberate – noun


M

mandate – noun

martyr – noun

moral clarity – noun


N

name – verb

no-bid contract – noun

nonfiction – noun


O

occupation – noun

op-ed – noun

ownership society – noun


P

patience – noun

patriotic – adjective

plan B – noun

political capital – noun

populist – adjective, noun

prayer – noun

precision-guided – adjective

preemption – noun

press conference – noun

profiteer – noun

progress – noun

protest – noun

proxy detention – noun

psy-ops – noun

pundit – noun


Q

(al) Qaeda – noun


R

realism – noun

rebrand – verb

redact – verb

regime change – noun

rule of law – noun


S

security mom – noun

signing statement – noun

spokesperson – noun

surge – noun

sustainable development – noun


T

talking point – noun

theocon – noun

think tank – noun

tort reform – noun

torture – noun

torture – noun (reprise)

torture memo – noun

transparency – noun



U

unitary executive – noun


V

vet – verb


W

wartime supplemental – noun

WMD – noun


[May's definitions]