What is Iraqnik?
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(1) A government employee or private contractor who has worked on Iraq issues, since 2003, for both (a) more than three years, and (b) for more than two government agencies. (2) A subject matter expert whose judgment is completely clouded by having worked too long on Iraq issues and is lost to acronyms and issues only relevant in that country.
"Sitting down with a group of Iraqniks for tea, I heard an incomprehensible jumble of prognostications, warnings, and issues without any meaning outside of the 18 provinces."
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Jamaican slang for firefly, a little blue beetle with an illuminated abdomen.
Dem a say da peeni walli swarm 'round mi rooftop
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