Navy acronym / abbreviations dictionary

ET2SN · 04-04-22, 07:32 AM

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.

04-04-22, 07:32 AM	#6
ET2SN Ocean Warrior Join Date: Oct 2017 Posts: 2,652 Downloads: 60 Uploads: 0	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.