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Artist Statement:
Junk Fleet
(Word History: The word junk
is an example of the change in
meaning known as
generalization, and very aptly
too, since the amount of junk
in the world seems to be
generalizing and proliferating
rapidly. The Middle English
word jonk, ancestor of junk,
originally had a very specific
meaning restricted to nautical
terminology. First recorded in
1353, the word meant "an old
cable or rope." On a sailing
ship it made little sense to
throw away useful material
since considerable time might
pass before one could get new
supplies. Old cable was used
in a variety of ways, for
example, to make fenders, that
is, material hung over the
side of the ship to protect it
from scraping other ships or
wharves. Junk came to refer to
this old cable as well. The
big leap in meaning taken by
the word seems to have
occurred when junk was applied
to discarded but useful
material in general. This
extension may also have taken
place in a nautical context,
for the earliest, more
generalized use of junk is
found in the compound junk
shop, referring to a store
where old materials from ships
were sold. Junk has gone on to
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