wizzo
n.— «A skilled “Wizzo”—weapons-systems operator—can achieve good accuracy with only one aiming device, but the planners established the “double lock” rule to make sure the right targets were hit.» —“Reagan’s Raiders” by Russel Watson, John Barry, John Walcott Newsweek Apr. 28, 1986. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
A California listener shares a couple of pranks from her time in the U.S. Marines, where unsuspecting recruits would be ordered to complete impossible tasks. She remembers that newbies would be sent to retrieve a bucket of frequency grease or a...
Barbara Kingsolver’s book Demon Copperhead is a retelling of Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield set in today’s Appalachia. Martha shares memories of a long-ago visit to Kingsolver’s family farm in Virginia, where they...