When did the term for being injured become "wounded"?

[paineinthearse]

Twice during NPR coverage of this morning's train accident, both the police official being interviewed and later the on-air hostess (Madeline Brand?) used the term "wounded" instead of "injured".

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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4466759

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Deadly Commuter Train Derailment in L.A. Suburb


Day to Day, January 26, 2005 · NPR's Madeleine Brand speaks with John Rabe of member station KPCC in Los Angeles, Calif., about Wednesday's massive train derailment in the Los Angeles suburb of Glendale that has killed at least 10 people. Officials believe a commuter train hit a car on the tracks, sparking a larger accident that involved three separate trains.
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Main Entry: in·jure
Pronunciation: 'in-j&r
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): in·jured; in·jur·ing /'inj-ri, 'in-j&-/
Etymology: Middle English enjuren, from Middle French enjurier, from Late Latin injuriare, from Latin injuria injury
1 a : to do an injustice to : WRONG b : to harm, impair, or tarnish the standing of c : to give pain to <injure a person's pride>
2 a : to inflict bodily hurt on b : to impair the soundness of c : to inflict material damage or loss on
- in·jur·er /'in-j&r-&r/ noun
synonyms INJURE, HARM, HURT, DAMAGE, IMPAIR, MAR mean to affect injuriously. INJURE implies the inflicting of anything detrimental to one's looks, comfort, health, or success <badly injured in an accident>. HARM often stresses the inflicting of pain, suffering, or loss <careful not to harm the animals>. HURT implies inflicting a wound to the body or to the feelings <hurt by their callous remarks>. DAMAGE suggests injury that lowers value or impairs usefulness <a table damaged in shipping>. IMPAIR suggests a making less complete or efficient by deterioration or diminution <years of smoking had impaired his health>. MAR applies to injury that spoils perfection (as of a surface) or causes disfigurement <the text is marred by many typos>.

NOTE, NOT ONE MENTION OF THE WORD "WOUNDED".

Main Entry: wounded
Function: adjective
: injured, hurt by, or suffering from a wound

Could it be that the Bush administration's fear mongering has become so pervasive that it is changing usage of the English language?

[JVS]

1. since 9/11. Remember that those people who went to work expecting...

a normal day aren't victims, they're heros. Similarly people going about their daily business who get hurt are wounded, not injured.

[Demit]

2. Since non-journalist types with no understanding or respect for

language started entering the field. Since budget cutbacks eliminated editors who knew the language and would correct it first. (For starters.)

[Nothing Without Hope]

3. I think you may be on to something.

I would have expected them to say "injured." That was always standard in situations like this. "Wounded" was much more common in war situations, like the wound from a bullet. If this usage proves consistent, I'd say that you're right, the blivet** did accomplish SOMETHING after all.

[RaleighNCDUer]

4. It's all part of the militarization of American society.

Next thing you know, college professors will be going on TDY instead of on sabbatical...

[Cronus Protagonist]

5. Meanwhile, in Iraq, soldiers are "casualties" and "injured"

Quite the deliberate juxtaposition, I think.

http://toolz.blogs.com

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

6. About the same time the U.S. stopped being a nation

and became a "Homeland."

Which is a couple of years after "religious programs" became "faith-based programs."

The "hero" thing really bothers me, too. To call victims heroes is to diminish true heroism, where one person puts their own life at risk to save that of another.

And don't get me started about "sports heroes"...

[Streetdoc270]

7. actually the media is using the correct wording

As seen by your research the term 'injure' is when you pull a muscle, or or have pain from a non-visable sourcs ie. my knee hurts from a sports injury.

Wounded as listed means suffering from a wound. So by definition anyone injured in the crach with cuts, broken bones, and contusions are wounded.