gitmo

[Mullins, Bill]

Reviving an old topic with a new antedating. . .  .

"Personal Notes" Wisconsin | Wisconsin Rapids | Wisconsin Rapids Daily
Tribune | 1947-03-27 page 8 col 3.
"Clussman also stopped in South America and on the way back to the
states, his ship stopped at Gitmo Bay, Cuba, to join several destroyers
on maneuvers. "


> -----Original Message-----
> From: American Dialect Society
> [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Jonathan Lighter
> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 8:43 AM
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Re: gitmo
>
> 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:
>>
>> 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."