buster slash
n.— «A patch from a Groom Lake unit shows the letter sigma with the “buster” slash running through it, as in the movie “Ghost Busters.”» —“Inside the Black Budget” by William J. Broad New York Times Apr. 1, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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