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war baby

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war baby (plural war babies)

  1. (US military slang, World War I) An officer owing his position to the need of the time rather than competence.

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  • Lighter, Jonathan (1972) “The Slang of the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe, 1917-1919: An Historical Glossary”, in American Speech‎[1], volume 47, number 1/2, page 114
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