On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:12:40 -0500, John wrote:

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.

That's why the Navy added dittybag. Identity politics.

--Vic