code words

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The Security: Fogelman recalls the twist-filled “This Is Us” as “frantic,” with code words and red script pages.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2025

“People are just looking for a set of code words and ways of describing their experiences.”

From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2024

Members of the mothers' group began sharing code words the soldiers should say so residents could trust it was really them.

From BBC • Oct. 13, 2023

They used code words in an encrypted messaging app to communicate, he said.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 14, 2023

We used separate code words for things often mentioned in warfare.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac