English Explanatory Dictionary

forty weepy weepy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The cryptanalysis of an Enigma message which was a continuation of a previous message sent at a known time.

Word forms

forty weepy weepy

Etymology

From a message whose plaintext began fortyweepyyweepy: German fort (“forth”), short for Fortsetzung (“continuation”) + weep, typewriter code for 23:30, the time of the previous message. Enigma machines had no number keys, so the letter y marked the letters to be interpreted as numbers.

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