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Last selected 28/06/05 brand-ducking
(BRAND·duk·ing). n. The practice of covering up brand identification markings on products with electrician's tape or duct tape; common among public figures in high tech circles who resent the fact that computing may be the only remaining profession in which its brightest stars still pay for the tools of their trade. etym. from Duck, a brand of duct tape named for the defensive action one takes when a roll of it is hurled in one's direction by an irate network administrator. Also brand black·ing, black-tap·ing