English
Noun
en-noun|sg=late unpleasantness|es
- euphemism A recent war, especially the w:American Civil War|American Civil War.
#: With membership limited strictly to "veterans of the late unpleasantness," the GAR encouraged the formation of Allied Orders to aid them in its various works. — Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Brief History of the Grand Army of the Republic 1
#: 2003: It is unlikely that anyone with significant knowledge of the Army or the late unpleasantness in Southeast Asia, upon reading these two sentences, would respond other than with a scatological barnyard expletive or some more genteel utterance representing the same level of acceptance. — Zane E. Finkelstein (referring to the w:Vietnam War|Vietnam War) 2
External links
Names For The Civil War, at civilwarhome.com
ru:late unpleasantness
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