I recieve a daily new word from this guy. Today's word has me sorta puzzled.
SUBDUCTION
Pronunciation: sêb-DÊK-shên
Hear it! <http://www.alphadictionary.com/sounds/subduction.mp3>
Part of Speech: Noun, mass
Meaning: The application of duct tape to the bottom of something,
usually to hold it up but also for decoration.
Notes: Today's ducky little word for the first day in April comes
from a large family of duct tape derivations. 'Superduction'
refers to placing duct tape over something, as the duck to the
left demonstrates, while 'circumduction' refers to running duct
tape all the way around something, as in, "Victoria's wardrobe
emphasizes circumduction." (Click [Link 1] HERE for an explanation.)
'Abduction', of course, means binding someone's hands with duct
tape and carting them off. 'Seduction', of course, leads to little
ductlings.
In Play: This word, more than anything else, proves that duct
tape is duct tape and not duck tape, an issue that has plagued
linguists for decades: "When Marvin threw the duct tape to Eldridge,
the latter yelled to Benito, 'Duck! Tape!'" This is probably
how the misnomer "duck tape" arose. (Click [Link 2] HERE for
an alternative explication.) The normal use of today's goodly
word, of course, goes something like this: "The light fixture
was held to the ceiling by subduction."
Word History: Part of the duck tape-duct tape confusion comes
from the history of this term. This word comes from Latin subductio
(n-) "the sticky stuff under ducks", based on sub "an underwater
vessel" + duct "duck, stickiness" + ion "tape". The root, duct-
comes from Latin ductus, ducdu- "ducky, sticky". Anyone who has
tasted the sauce on Peking Duck knows how sticky these birds
can be when prepared for consumption. The suffix -ion comes from
Latin ionere "to iron on tape" from ion "iron tape". When you
put the three together, you get-well, you know. (Our gratitude
to a newcomer, April Phule of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico,
for today's controversial word. (Click [Link 3] HERE before contacting
us about any errors you might have found in today's word.)
-Dr. Goodword, alphaDictionary
Links and Images:
1: Link < http://www.angelfire.com/dbz/willoOM/ducktape.html >
2: Link < http://www.octanecreative.com/ducttape/duckvsduct.html >
3: Link < http://www.alphadictionary.com/articles/april.html >
Happy April First.
SUBDUCTION
Pronunciation: sêb-DÊK-shên
Hear it! <http://www.alphadictionary.com/sounds/subduction.mp3>
Part of Speech: Noun, mass
Meaning: The application of duct tape to the bottom of something,
usually to hold it up but also for decoration.
Notes: Today's ducky little word for the first day in April comes
from a large family of duct tape derivations. 'Superduction'
refers to placing duct tape over something, as the duck to the
left demonstrates, while 'circumduction' refers to running duct
tape all the way around something, as in, "Victoria's wardrobe
emphasizes circumduction." (Click [Link 1] HERE for an explanation.)
'Abduction', of course, means binding someone's hands with duct
tape and carting them off. 'Seduction', of course, leads to little
ductlings.
In Play: This word, more than anything else, proves that duct
tape is duct tape and not duck tape, an issue that has plagued
linguists for decades: "When Marvin threw the duct tape to Eldridge,
the latter yelled to Benito, 'Duck! Tape!'" This is probably
how the misnomer "duck tape" arose. (Click [Link 2] HERE for
an alternative explication.) The normal use of today's goodly
word, of course, goes something like this: "The light fixture
was held to the ceiling by subduction."
Word History: Part of the duck tape-duct tape confusion comes
from the history of this term. This word comes from Latin subductio
(n-) "the sticky stuff under ducks", based on sub "an underwater
vessel" + duct "duck, stickiness" + ion "tape". The root, duct-
comes from Latin ductus, ducdu- "ducky, sticky". Anyone who has
tasted the sauce on Peking Duck knows how sticky these birds
can be when prepared for consumption. The suffix -ion comes from
Latin ionere "to iron on tape" from ion "iron tape". When you
put the three together, you get-well, you know. (Our gratitude
to a newcomer, April Phule of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico,
for today's controversial word. (Click [Link 3] HERE before contacting
us about any errors you might have found in today's word.)
-Dr. Goodword, alphaDictionary
Links and Images:
1: Link < http://www.angelfire.com/dbz/willoOM/ducktape.html >
2: Link < http://www.octanecreative.com/ducttape/duckvsduct.html >
3: Link < http://www.alphadictionary.com/articles/april.html >
Happy April First.
