battery
Who taught: Mikey and Big Bob
domestic battery (source: http://www.newser.com/)
Have you ever experienced a moment in which you say “Oh,, this word has also that definition? I did not know that.”? It is like rediscovering a word.
There is one radio station that I hear almost every morning while I am on my wat to work, 96.1 FM. The Morning Freak Show is on. DJs of the show are Mikey and Big Bob. I do not know how but they find very funny stories from everywhere.
One day, they were talking about a woman who threw cupcakes to her husband. She was allegedly very upset of course. Funny thing is that she was the one who called the cops and admitted that she threw cupcakes to her husband. You know what happend? She was arrested. What the…!!
The reason of arrest? Domestic Battery! As Mike and Big Bob was talking about this, I was talking to myself, “Wait! I know what domestic abuse or domestic dispute means but what is battery here? Does it even have the same spelling as the battery I know?”
So, I looked it up. Yup, it is the same spelling but just different definition. Battery can mean;
The unlawful and unwanted touching or striking of one person by another, with the intention of bringing about a harmful or offensive contact.
Do you guys know that already? Well, I did not. I thought battery is the thing that we all use to generate electricity. In fact, it has some other meanings too. I would not list all of them here because it might confuse you. Today’s expression is domestic battery. One step per day!
Oh.. today’s lesson! Do not throw cupcakes to your spouse! Also, if you already did, do not call the cops! I still cannot understand why she called the cops. What was she thinking?
Battery has five definitions! I had never heard of #5 though http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/battery
I know. Isn’t it crazy? I think baseball coaches use battery to mean #5.
Yep – you often see it in conjunction with “assault” as in, “assault and battery”. Wikipedia defines it as:
You would also say:
… instead of saying “to her husband”. When you say, “to her husband”, it sounds more like they were playing a friendly game of “catch” with a cupcake.
Thanks for the info and correction, Andrew! Prepositions are tricky for me to use.