Etymology

stolen valor

Today it means: An instance of a person falsely claiming to have served in the military, or of a member of the military falsely claiming to have served in ways they did not. Full definition →

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The story

Coined by American writer B. G. Burkett in 1998.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.