Even the navy is not immune to turning nouns into ugly verbs
As both my father and uncle served in the navy, I take an interest in goings-on in the Senior Service.
The news never seems anything other than of cutbacks and delays in the deployment of new ships. Last week was no exception, with a story headlined: “Navy to axe half of office staff in boost to front line”. I’m all for getting desk wallahs to be more active, but half…? In the report, a spokesman was quoted as saying: “We could send them back to work on a ship, while their jobs could be done by either reducing the rank that it’s done or we potentially civilianise them.”
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Source: US Politics - theguardian.com
