"signalese" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1967, Lawrence Wright, The Wooden Sword, page 164:",
          "text": "The signalese for 'S/L' I could decipher, but the NMI defeated me, until I learned that it referred to the fact, an oddity to Americans, that I had 'No Middle Initial'.",
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          "text": "The signal \"dit-dah-dit- dit-dit\" which, in signalese meant \"wait\", was heard a lot while we attempted to decipher what it was the operator on the other end",
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