@Curtmungus your honor of being more famous than me is quite deserved. I salute you.
Boots on the Ground
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This is a BBC article from yesterday that looks into the origin of the phrase “boots on the ground” (as a synonym for the deployment of combat troops). Surprisingly, it’s a recent coinage dating back just 34 years, even though the word “boot” by itself has had military overtones for much longer.
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This was a good article. Thank you!