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Originally Posted by ET2SN
I was always impressed with words like NOMFWIC. 
US Naval-ese makes sense once you get used to it, it has an almost-Pidgin quality where words, concepts, and common local slang are brewed together to make a new language. That, and the realization that cursing isn't something reserved for the lowly, its more of an art form in terms of quickly getting, and keeping, people's attention.
Naval-ese sounds like it should be easy to understand, but its beauty is that its reserved for only those who can speak it. 
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i wonder if BOHICA is still used.
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