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noun
- (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 http://suvcw.org/gar.htm
- 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) http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0IBR/is_4_33/ai_111852951
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