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principles that that master of English, Winston Churchill laid down in a
memorandum of August 8, 1943:
I have crossed out on the attached paper many unsuitable
names. Operations in which large numbers of men may lose their
lives ought not to be described by code-words which imply a
boastful and overconfident sentiment, such as "Triumphant," or,
conversely, which are calculated to invest the plan with an air of
despondency, such as "Woebetide," "Massacre," "Jumble,"
"Trouble," "Fidget," "Flimsy," "Pathetic," and "Jaundice." They
ought not to be names of a frivolous character, such as
"Bunnyhug," "Billings-
gate," "Aperitif," and "Ballyhoo." They should not be ordinary
words often used in other connections, such as "Flood," "Smooth,"
"Sudden," "Supreme," "Fullforce," and "Fullspeed." Names of living
people —Ministers or Commanders—should be avoided, e.g.,
"Bracken."
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