twidget
n.— «As the Marines laughingly said, once they had become fans of the use of sensors, “If you want it done right, keep the ‘twidgets’ out of the field!”» —by Alex Lee Force Recon Command: 3D Force Recon Company in Vietnam, 1969-70 Nov. 1, 1996. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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