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signalese

noun

Etymology

From signal + -ese.

  1. derived from signum
  2. derived from signālis
  3. derived from signāle
  4. derived from segnal
  5. suffixed as signalese — “signal + ese”

Definitions

  1. Words and abbreviations used by radio operators and other signalmen to clarify the…

    Words and abbreviations used by radio operators and other signalmen to clarify the letters being sent and received, such as the RAF phonetic alphabet.

    • The signalese for 'S/L' I could decipher, but the NMI defeated me, until I learned that it referred to the fact, an oddity to Americans, that I had 'No Middle Initial'.
    • The signal "dit-dah-dit- dit-dit" which, in signalese meant "wait", was heard a lot while we attempted to decipher what it was the operator on the other end
    • The commodore's staff prepares the necessary message using a standardised jargon used by the Navy, sometimes referred to as 'signalese'.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for signalese. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA