Why a duck: old taping system makes the headlines
Article Abstract:
Homeland Security director Tom Ridge's recommendation that citizens keep handy a supply of duct tape in the event of bioterrorism, in order to seal off rooms, stimulates analysis of the various misspellings of the product's name. The sources of the phrase "fourscore" in the Gettysburg Address are examined.
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 2003
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Trashtalk: hogwash! Flapdoodle! Poppycock! Piffle!
Article Abstract:
The phrase talking trash dates back to the Civil war, and its recent use dates back to the 1940s. The current use of the phrase has given rise to more violent responses because its use is no longer innocent. Better words that do not provoke violence are recommended.
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 2003
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
- Abstracts: Smashmouth: and the return of 'rogue.'(On Language)(Column) Lounge act: word war in the language of languor. Body man: a go-to guy who is rarely gigged
- Abstracts: A question of life and death. When the war comes home. Of suffering and survival
- Abstracts: Cozy mountains. Getting to 60. 30 days of autumn
- Abstracts: A question of life and death. David's gift