chatter

[Victor Steinbok]

That was my reaction to the whiny but self-assured guest on FNC. Sadly,
that's what passes for news. I didn't think of Clancy, but did try to
explain to the person watching it that the term was much older than this
guy was claiming, specifically mentioning WWII.

     VS-)

On 8/12/2013 7:17 AM, Dave Wilton wrote:
> "Chatter" has been around signals intelligence community for quite some
> time, long before the internet became a thing. My guess is that "radio
> chatter" would be the original, going back to WWII, if not earlier. I've
> turned up a few instances of "chatter" used in connection with radio
> transmissions in Tom Clancy's 1986 "Red Storm Rising" and his 1988 "Cardinal
> of the Kremlin." I'm sure antedatings can be easily found.

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