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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread SWAT team #87084 11/15/2002 1:33 PM Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 322 Toronto, Canada boronia enthusiast boronia enthusiast Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 322 Toronto, Canada I just saw a job posting for "Investigation Supervisor - SWAT" at the Ministry of the Environment - it's for some kind of enforcement programme. I always thought SWAT meant special weapons and tactics - ya know, dramatic stuff like in the movies. Has the meaning changed? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: SWAT team #87085 11/15/2002 2:00 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 There is no Registry for Acronymic Purity, neither national nor international. http://www.brc.tamus.edu/swat/ Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: SWAT team #87086 11/15/2002 2:10 PM Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 322 Toronto, Canada boronia enthusiast boronia enthusiast Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 322 Toronto, Canada aha! So much for my visions of Ministry investigators arresting enviro-violators at AK47-point! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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