Meaning of navyspeak | Babel Free
Examples
“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.”
“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).”
“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.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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