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walking wounded

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walking wounded

1. n. soldiers who are injured but still able to walk. (Standard English.) Many of the walking wounded helped with the more seriously injured cases.

2. n. a person who is injured—mentally or physically—and still able to go about daily life. The outpatient clinic was filled with the walking wounded.

3. n. stupid people in general. Most of network programming seems to be aimed at the walking wounded of our society.

See also: walking, wound