gitmo

[Jonathan Lighter]

It's official then. Thanks, Doug !

JL

"Douglas G. Wilson" <douglas at NB.NET> wrote:
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>... Is there any chance that this is a false hit ?

Looks OK to me.

>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."

Here's a variant (or erroneous) spelling:

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_Harlan Tribune_ (Harlan IA), 2 Aug. 1957: p.1:

[quoted from a letter from a Naval ROTC midshipman on a cruise]

<Getmo Bay, Cuba.>>

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-- Doug Wilson

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