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forty weepy weepy

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Etymology

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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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forty weepy weepy

  1. (cryptography, historical) Cryptanalysis of an Enigma message which was a continuation of a previous message sent at a known time.