Military Acronyms & NJ Law Enforcement

[ion_op]

Hi,

I'm wondering why I'm hearing NJ Law Enforcement using Military Acronyms like "mike." Any ideas?

Mike

 

[Salvation]

Many are former military and its the phonetic alphabet not acronym http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_phonetic_alphabet


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[ion_op]

It's not being used as a phonetic.

Mike: Minute. As in ”I’ll be there in 5 mikes.”

 

[Salvation]

Well it's phonetic. He is saying he will be there is 5M (minutes) which M is Mike.. But I understand what you are saying.. I have not heard my local police officers use it but I'm sure whomever is using it was probably former military and maybe just caught on in the dept..


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[ion_op]

To clarify, it's being used as "Mikes."

I guess the better term would be "military slang."

Appendix:Glossary of military slang - Wiktionary