Truly, I am a maroon.<\/p>\n
I’ve seen and heard the phrase “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.”<\/p>\n
I knew it was military lingo. I figured it was its own in-group speak, much like “w00t” online or corpse humping in Halo<\/i>.<\/p>\n
It didn’t occur to me until yesterday what Whiskey Tango Foxtrot stood for.<\/p>\n
W<\/b>hiskey.
\nT<\/b>ango.
\nF<\/b>oxtrot.<\/p>\n
Truly, I am<\/i> a linguistic maroon. :\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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