For example, the letter S was the first letter of the code name in 11 percent of all deals. Next came the letter C (9 percent) followed by the letter A (8 percent). But Seriously ...

Asking a police officer “do you drink?” in the 1970s had nothing to do with grabbing a beer at a nearby bar. George Washington went by a code name during the Revolutionary War. (And ...

Sometimes, the names can hint at the true identity. But mostly, they're plucked out of thin air. For example, "Project Hummingbird" was the name given to Bristol-Myers Squibb's hunt for a location ...