{"id":47834,"date":"2020-07-24T08:23:30","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T13:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu\/nll\/?p=47834"},"modified":"2020-07-24T08:26:57","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T13:26:57","slug":"never-get-stuck-in-a-bunker-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu\/nll\/?p=47834","title":{"rendered":"Never get stuck in a bunker again"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today this ad popped up for me on a newspaper site:<\/p>\n

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So I tried to figure out how the mysterious object on the left could be used to tunnel out through concrete and earth, and how it could safely be combined with C-3 plastic explosive<\/a>, and what all this has to do with the woman on the right brandishing a stick amid the explosion. I also wondered why exploding their way out of bomb shelters should be on peoples' minds these days.<\/p>\n

Then I realized that it was about golf.
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Of course, the word bunker<\/em> is ambiguous: Wiktionary gives 10 senses<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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  1. (military)<\/em> A hardened shelter, often buried partly or fully underground, designed to protect the inhabitants from falling bombs or other attacks.<\/li>\n
  2. (Britain)<\/em> A large container or bin for storing coal, often built outside in the yard of a house. Now rare, as different types of fuels and energy sources are being used.<\/li>\n
  3. (nautical)<\/em> A container for storing coal or fuel oil for a ship's engine. [Also, by extension] the quantity of fuel needed to replenish that container.<\/li>\n
  4. (rail transport)<\/em> the coal compartment on a tank engine.<\/li>\n
  5. (golf)<\/em> A sand-filled hollow on a golf course.<\/li>\n
  6. (paintball)<\/em> An obstacle used to block an opposing player's view and field of fire.<\/li>\n
  7. (Scotland)<\/em> A sort of chest or box, as in a window, the lid of which serves for a seat.<\/li>\n
  8. (Scotland, slang)<\/em> A kitchen worktop.<\/li>\n
  9. (Britain, slang)<\/em> One who bunks off; a truant from school.<\/li>\n
  10. Certain fish, menhaden.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    It tells you something about me that it took me a few seconds to make the golf connection. But I'm glad to see that Wiktionary's ordering of the senses roughly accords with mine.<\/p>\n

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