goffer

goffer
 n.— «Navy lingo is equally mind-boggling.…A schnorker is a sausage, Texas strawberries are baked beans and a goffer translates as a non-alcoholic drink or a big wave.» —“All aboard to try the Navy life” by Victoria Tagg Express & Star (Wolverhampton, England) Oct. 6, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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