Images due Thursday. Quiz Friday.
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scuttlebutt -
bulwark -
hubris -
dearth -
deference -
emulate -
imitate -
mimic -
endemic -
aborigine -
inchoate -
precursor -
volatile -
What IS scuttlebutt, you ask? Well it’s an old navy word, from what I hear. Here’s an original illustration (above) and explanation from the Naval Historical Center:
“The Navy has a word for it–”scuttlebutt”–the shipboard grapevine by which even the Skipper’s innermost thoughts seemingly can be divined and relayed with constant improvements. A plane handling crew, at ease in the lee of an aircraft carrier’s island superstructure, participate in the shipboard pastime of passing along the latest scuttlebutt while awaiting return of the squadrons.”
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