general 200
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.50 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Syrskyi has been in command of land forces since the Russian invasion but was criticized for extending the defense of Bakhmut at great human cost. Subordinates have described him as lacking empathy and some soldiers took to calling him “General 200” (200 is the military code for killed-in-action.)"
- "Although the Ukrainian media is reluctant to write about it, soldiers unofficially call him “General 200” or the “Bakhmut butcher”, accusing him of a tendency not to take losses into account."
- ""Syrskyi commands no authority or respect," Andriy told us. "To us, he remains the General 200," a derogatory nickname referring to a Soviet military code for casualties."
Etymology
"200" means cargo-200, the military slang for deceased soldiers. The term refers to Syrskyi's preference to high-intensity, high-casualty operations, such as the Battle of Bakhmut and Kursk campaign.