gitmo

[Jonathan Lighter]

I've been trying to beat 1959 for years, Bill.  Is there any chance that this is a false hit ?

FWIW, the nickname was fully current during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.

JL

"Mullins, Bill" <Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL> wrote:
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Gitmo -- not in OED -- HDAS has 1959 -- (Navy) slang for Guantanamo Bay

"Home on Leave" Indiana, PA _Indiana Evening Gazette_ 1949-08-26, p. 8 =
col 3.
"Before coming home, Midshipman Balint went on a summer cruise for seven =
and one-half weeks with a
week's stopover in England and several weeks in Gitmo, Cuba."


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