another "moment" for WOTY consideration (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Laurence Horn]

At 12:09 PM -0400 10/15/09, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>Once again, possible from 1951/52.
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>Unknown till lately.
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>JL

Then there's "Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo", which I see has a rich
urbandictionary entry, and of course "Foxtrot Yankee".   I find no
hits at all for "Foxtrot Yankee moment", despite the 8460 g-hits for
"Foxtrot Yankee" simpliciter--but curiously there is one (a
googlewhacker!) for a "Foxtrot Uniform moment" (F. U.):

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The result has been the 2nd most fun I've ever had with an RTS and
probably the biggest foxtrot uniform moment I've ever experienced in
a video game.
http://www.thenewflesh.co.uk/?p=110
====================
Those gamers!

LH

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>On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 11:45 AM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC <
>Bill.Mullins at us.army.mil> wrote:
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>>  See also "Foxtrot Oscar" for fuck off.
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>>  > I've seen "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot", though not AFAIR modifying
>>  "moment",
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>>  > several years at least.
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>>  > m a m
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>>  > On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 7:13 PM, Laurence Horn
>>  > <laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:
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>>  > >  From Arianna Huffington's argument that Joe Biden should resign and
>>  > > become the point person for opposition to the war in Afghanistan:
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>>  > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/why-joe-biden-
>>  > should-resi_b_320929.html
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>>  > > In June, Gen. Jones, the president's National Security Advisor, was
>>  > > at Camp Leatherneck in Afghanistan, meeting with U.S. commanders
>>  > > there. This was shortly after the arrival of the 21,000 additional
>>  > > troops President Obama had sent over. Jones raised the question of
>>  > > what the president's reaction would be if he were asked for even
>>  more
>>  > > troops. Well, Jones said, answering his own question, if that
>>  > > happened, the president would probably have a "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
>>  > > moment." In other words, wtf?
>>  > >
>>  > > Well, Obama has gotten that request, but it wasn't a "Whiskey Tango
>>  > > Foxtrot moment" for him after all. Sadly, Newsweek reports that
>>  Obama
>>  > > is typically "looking for a middle way." But this isn't a
>>  negotiation
>>  > > for a used car, where you split the difference. It's either in our
>>  > > national security interest to be there or it isn't. It's either a
>>  > > necessary war or it isn't.
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>>  > > I haven't encountered Whiskey Tango Foxtrot moments before, at least
>>  > > not by name.
>>  > >
>>  > > LH
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