Collateral damage

Posted by Julie sherriff on November 21, 2001

I'm hoping someone out there in cyber space can fill me in on the origin of the euphemism, collateral damage. I writing an english paper on the development of this phrase, and I'm having trouble tracking down its beginnings.

Thannks, Jewels

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