Word: dutout
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Explained the Post: "Thus a noble old phrase like 'bill of lading' has become 'blading.' A fine sonorous mouthful like 'duty outside the continental limits of the United States' is brutally cut down to 'dutout' and a pulse-quickening designation like 'commander escort carrier force, Pacific fleet' becomes a vulgar 'comescarpac,' which sounds like a very nasty medicine. Other words sound like the grunting of very ungracious pigs, such as 'oinc, moinc, soinc,' meaning, respectively, 'officer-in-charge,' 'medical-officer-in-command...
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