[Ads-l] Gitmo (1945)

[Ben Zimmer]

Bill Mullins previously shared two cites for "Gitmo" as shorthand for
"Guantanamo Bay" from 1947.

https://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2005-November/055506.html
https://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2010-February/096311.html

Here it is a couple of years earlier.

---
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109793395/gitmo/
Boston Globe, Aug. 6, 1945, p. 5, col. 2
Martin Sheridan, "School in Jap Warfare Is Run at Guantanamo"
And during that month everyone must familiarize himself with every detail,
because once the ship shoves off for "Gitmo" she must undergo a gruelling
final examination.
---

--bgz

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org