This document is a satirical "Devil's Dictionary of Security Terms" that defines security, law enforcement, and intelligence jargon. It claims to clarify confusing terms by providing their true meanings, rather than what experts think. Example definitions include labeling an "unauthorized disclosure" as lunch, "adjudication" as determining if hiring a "loser" would be gross negligence, and a "special agent" as an officer called "special" because "retarded" is no longer politically correct. The dictionary is presented as clarifying jargon through 850+ satirical definitions.
Original Description:
A satirical guide to what various common security terms REALLY mean.
This document is a satirical "Devil's Dictionary of Security Terms" that defines security, law enforcement, and intelligence jargon. It claims to clarify confusing terms by providing their true meanings, rather than what experts think. Example definitions include labeling an "unauthorized disclosure" as lunch, "adjudication" as determining if hiring a "loser" would be gross negligence, and a "special agent" as an officer called "special" because "retarded" is no longer politically correct. The dictionary is presented as clarifying jargon through 850+ satirical definitions.
This document is a satirical "Devil's Dictionary of Security Terms" that defines security, law enforcement, and intelligence jargon. It claims to clarify confusing terms by providing their true meanings, rather than what experts think. Example definitions include labeling an "unauthorized disclosure" as lunch, "adjudication" as determining if hiring a "loser" would be gross negligence, and a "special agent" as an officer called "special" because "retarded" is no longer politically correct. The dictionary is presented as clarifying jargon through 850+ satirical definitions.
enforcement, or intelligence career being confused? Here, at last, is an 850+ word dictionary to clarify all that confusing security jargon, and tell you the TRUE meaning of various terms, never mind what the experts think!
Examples
unauthorized disclosure: lunch
adjudication: Making an official determination
of whether hiring or retaining this loser would be blatantly gross negligence, or just arguably gross negligence.
decipher: Turning gibberish ciphertext into
gibberish plaintext.
special agent: A law enforcement officer or
federal investigator who is called “special” because the word “retarded” is no longer politically correct.