OK, this one angered me. There were a lot of actual REAL words it could have been, but no - it's a made-up word from the 1940s that's really an acronym. This is why I hate the English language.
My 4+ streak continues (7 days)! I don't feel all that bad, though, it's been a string of relatively tough ones. But man, just when my 3s were catching up to my 4s there's a gap of 10 again now.
I read your post and feel like I cheated a little on my third guess, without reading your post first I probably would have guessed another 1 or 2 words before that unusual entry I scored. TL;DR thanks for the 3 solve assist.