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cargo-200

cargo-200

9.9
The bodies of dead soldiers that the military sends home
  • noun
  • NSFW
translation icon : carga-200
  • During the war, families received cargo-200 notifications whenever soldiers were killed in action.

Examples

  • The cargo-200 is here!

  • The government ordered the transport of cargo-200 to ensure that fallen soldiers were returned to their hometowns.

  • Families waited anxiously for news, fearing their sons might be among the cargo-200.

  • International media reported a rise in cargo-200 transports after the recent escalation.

  • The government confirmed the arrival of a new cargo-200 flight from the war zone.

  • A cargo-200 arrived.

  • He was devastated when he learned that the cargo-200 truck had arrived at the military base, bringing news of his brother's death.

Surface Forms

cargo-200 singular
cargo-200s plural

Morphology

cargo-200 = cargo + 200 (opaque) = cargo + 200

This is a specialist military code (Cargo 200) whose meaning ('transport of deceased soldiers' or the deceased themselves) is not derivable from 'cargo' + '200' by ordinary English morphology.

Etymology

The word cargo-200 comes from Russian slang 'gruz 200' and combines cargo ('goods') with the number 200, a military code for 'dead soldiers'. So, cargo-200 now means the bodies of soldiers being sent home in coffins.