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minus-squaretakeda@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 years agoWhy do you think it starts with K? Because it comes from Russian: компромат which is short for компрометирующий материал. It is a strategy used by the Russian government: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kompromat
minus-squarecheese_greater@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 years agoIt doesn’t mean nobody else does it cuz [gasp] its a K instead of a C. When we have a cool word for it maybe I’ll reconsider but for now, when in Rome… Edit: are you for real? Like are you gonna seriously leave that as your closing argument here? K
Why do you think it starts with K? Because it comes from Russian: компромат which is short for компрометирующий материал.
It is a strategy used by the Russian government: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kompromat
It doesn’t mean nobody else does it cuz [gasp] its a
Kinstead of aC. When we have a cool word for it maybe I’ll reconsider but for now, when in Rome…Edit: are you for real? Like are you gonna seriously leave that as your closing argument here? K