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Originally Posted by Airbornelawyer
I was not suggesting a synonym, but another obscure watery reference...The thing about "littoral" is TS's purple reference. Littoral is both an adjective - relating to the coastal areas - and a noun - the coastal areas. Littoral warfare is a common term in Navy doctrine.
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aha...very familiar with the word, from both a military standpoint and a surveyor's frame of reference...now, trying to get contiguous littoral into a sentence without misspeaking could be a real challenge...probably not an expression to be used over a tactical radio...
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