Chuck Gould wrote:
Looks like Shortwave Tom took the day off, so I'll fill in with a
nautical word.

Hmmmm - wouldn't that be a nautical "term" rather than a word?

Not that I'm an editor or anything, but it seems to me that a "term" is
a word, word pair, or word group, that is used in specific contexts for
a specific meaning.

Just asking.

And it was an irregular series - if and when I came across something
interesting.