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a flat, plastic miracle holding civilization together with grommets and stubborn optimism
means A tarp is a large sheet of waterproof material used to cover and protect things from rain, sun, or dirt.
from Short for "tarpaulin," a word likely built from "tar" plus "palling" (a covering, related to "pall," the cloth draped over coffins) — because the earliest tarpaulins were canvas sheets coated in tar to make them waterproof, beloved of sailors who kept their gear and themselves dry beneath them. The clipped "tarp" is a later, breezier shortening.
- name origin
- Short for tarpaulin, from tar-coated canvas sailcloth
- first job
- Waterproofed ships before it covered your firewood
- blue ubiquity
- The default blue tarp is recognized worldwide
- disaster staple
- FEMA distributes them by the millions post-hurricane
- poker slang
- Tarp also nicknames a tight, cautious card player
blue tarps haiti 2010 — 1.3 million people sheltered under blue tarps after the port-au-prince earthquake
giant tarp covers wembley — england's wembley stadium uses massive tarps to protect the pitch during events