GIST (was: Linguist)

[Brian Hitchcock]

I noticed that the description of the military job "linguist" included GIST
as a verb (presumably, to extract the gist of [something]?).

I had not seen it used that way, and don't see that usage listed in
dictionaries I have handy.  Comments?



Brian Hitchcock

Manhattan Beach, CA

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