A Navy vet recalls learning the slang term gundeck, meaning “to sign off on checks or reports without fully completing them.” A possible origin involves a ship’s gun deck, either as a place where sailors hid to avoid duties or where navigational...
navigator n.— «Some hospitals now have “navigators,” staff members assigned solely to the uninsured to handle the cumbersome paperwork required for registering them.» —“City Hospitals Reinvent Role of Emergency” by Sarah...