Word: soinc
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Sirs: Refurart (referring to your article) "Oinc, Moinc, Soinc" [TIME, Sept. 10], perhaps the puckish Washington Post would enjoy estimating the thousands of man-hours . . . annually saved by frequent use of the 30-page abbreviation annex ... to the U.S. Naval Communication Instructions alone...
...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,' 'supply-officer-in-command...
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