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Default Various Naval terms.

On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:20:50 -0500, Jim wrote:

Vic Smith wrote:
On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:34:41 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Dec 17, 6:50 pm, Tim wrote:
I thought this was pretty interesting. Of course now ALL are listed,
but some insight on how some terms came about:

http://www.seasabres.com/%5CNon%20Se...Navy_terms.htm
Good post, thanks.


It's a start. They left out a lot of stuff, like "****ing-A
dittybag."

--Vic

Or shortened "****in-A"


Apparently the Army always used the shortened version.
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John Salmonbait