词汇 | wrens |
词源 | Wrens; Waves; Spars. An acronym for the Women’s Royal Naval Service, Wrens was coined in Great Britain during World War I and is the first acronym invented for a woman’s naval unit. The Waves, Women Accepted for Voluntary Service, seems more labored but worked during World War II. The most ingenious of such inventions is Spar, an acronym for the Woman’s reserve of the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve (World War II), which was constructed from the Coast Guard motto: Sempter Paratus, Always Ready. See passion killers. |
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