| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
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| duct tape, duck tape (n.) |
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| Duct tape is the fabric tape, sticky on one side, used by plumbers and furnace installers to seal pipe joints and repair leaks in ductwork of many types. As with bookcase, duct tape’s repeated medial consonants have coalesced into one in rapid speech, giving us the curious folk etymology duck tape—first spoken and now occurring in print on occasion. See HANDICAP PARKING; ICE CREAM. | 1 |
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| | | The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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