Thread: Silliness What's Your Favourite Acronym, Initialism, or Alphabetism?
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Old 03-01-2009, 11:14 AM   #24
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Originally Posted by Wetdogeared View Post
Posh from the past.

Passengers travelling to India often requested Port out, starboard home. (For the view or the shade, I believe, but feel free to correct me).

WDE.
Snopes.com declares that this is false (on the page discussing the false etymology of a particular four-letter word beginning with F), but disappointingly does not provide supporting evidence.
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