“We would text each other and talk to each other. We developed this shorthand where if you said, I am in Mordor, that meant I'm in Washington.”

The Ezra Klein Show · Why You Can’t Capitulate to Trump

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Developed a shorthand texting system where code words (e.g., "Mordor" for Washington, "elves" for Europeans, "hobbits" for Canada) signaled diplomatic locations and statuses

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