zabernism

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zabernism ZAB-uhr-niz-uhm (noun) - The misuse of military power; aggression; bullying.

"Laura spoiled dinner by going on one of her one-sided tirades about the zabernism inherent in 'Bush's invasion of Iraq.'"

After Zabern, German name for Saverne, a village in Alsace, France. In 1912, in this village, a German military officer killed a lame cobbler who smiled at him.

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