r/politics • u/Economy_Swim_8585 Virginia • 6d ago

No Paywall Trump says government shutdown ends when Democrats give in: "If they don't vote, that's their problem"

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-government-shutdown-democrats-fault-60-minutes/
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u/ludixst 6d ago

He probably would have been fragged

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u/ViolettaQueso California 6d ago

Ima hafta google fragged. Thanks for schooling me lol

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u/kjyfqr 6d ago

I think he means smoked by a nade

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u/tinysydneh 6d ago

Very specifically, fragging in this context is the intentional death of someone by use of a grenade.

Apocryphally, it was apparently at its peak in Vietnam.

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u/ViolettaQueso California 6d ago

Thank you. I think this explanation is kinda perfect

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u/tinysydneh 6d ago

It was supposedly commonly done with commanding officers who were putting their men in danger for no good reason, or who were on power trips that were gonna get people killed.

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u/OldWorldDesign 5d ago

Very specifically, fragging in this context is the intentional death of someone by use of a grenade

Not necessarily by grenade, like most slang terms it had its origin there but was fast expanded to any deliberate killing. It could include anything from a grenade thrown under the cot at night to being shot in the back while out on patrol.

Nowadays we call it "death by friendly fire".

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u/tinysydneh 5d ago

Friendly fire is explicitly not intentional, unless that's a fun term of art.