http://www.wordz.in/blog A word a day keeps ignorance at bay!® Fri, 08 Jan 2010 12:40:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.wordz.in/blog/2009/07/jingoism/ http://www.wordz.in/blog/2009/07/jingoism/#comments Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:57:47 +0000 admin http://www.wordz.in/blog/?p=31 Jingoism – Aggressive “patriotism”, the equivalent of Fr. chauvinisime. The term derives from the popular musical-hall song by G.W.Hunt which appeared at the time of the Russo-Turkish War(1877-78) when anti-Russian feeling ran high in Britain. ” We don’t want to fight, but by jingo if we do,”…….. The Russophobes became know as Jingoes and a noisy war mongering policy has been labelled jingoism ever since.

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