navyspeak

English

Etymology

From navy +‎ -speak.

Noun

navyspeak (uncountable)

1. The jargon used in the navy.
   • 1996, Sherman Baldwin, Ironclaw: A Navy Carrier Pilot’s War Experience, Bantam Books, published 1997, →ISBN, page 284:

     My hat, or my cover (according to navyspeak), had been sitting in my locker since my arrival onboard in December, so it looked a bit crumpled.

   • 1997, Rolf Smith, The 7 Levels of Change: The Guide to Innovation in the World’s Largest Corporations, The Summit Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 174:

     Nobody believed him, but . . . crayons and mindmaps started flying, and it was difficult to shut things down at 10:30 p.m. that night (2230 in navyspeak).

   • 2012, William J. Bratton, Zachary Tumin, Collborate or Perish!: Reaching Across Boundaries in a Networked World, New York, N.Y.: Crown Business, →ISBN, page 124:

     Everything Johnson knew about the performance of his sonar systems at sea—in navyspeak, “forward deployments”—came filtered down through the Office of Naval Intelligence or the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) at Newport, Rhode Island.