[lojban] Re: srebandu

[Robin Lee Powell <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 11:30:15PM -0500, Pierre Abbat wrote:
> I made up {srebandu} for "allergy" and put it in jbovlaste, and
> also added the gloss "friendly fire". The word refers to any
> action of erroneously defending against something which is not a
> threat. Is "friendly fire" the correct term for this?

No.  "Friendly fire" is when you accidentally get shot by someone
whe is supposed to be on your own side.  Generally this is *not*
used in cases of mistaken identity (i.e. where you meant to shoot
the person because you thought they were the enemy), but in cases
where you missed the enemy and hit a friend, or where an area of
effect weapon took out some friendly troops as well.

It should be noted that I am not a military strategist, but I play
one on PC.

-Robin

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