jingoism


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Posted by Jeff on February 05, 2002 at 10:35:37:

jin·go·ism : extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy


This was a British fight song in 1887-1888
during the Russo-Turkish War,
which the British apparently did not enter.

But the music-hall song endured:

> We don't want to fight
> But by jingo, if we de,
> We've got the men,
> We've got the ships,
> and we've got the money too!


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