"Cub Driver" wrote in message
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On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 12:44:24 -0500, "Gary Drescher"
wrote:

Dunno, but it's a perfectly good English word (in lower case--it's not an
acronym), so why shouldn't reporters use it?

Tarmac is short for "tar macadam" and refers to the system used for
laying down roads with alternating layers of sand and hot tar.

Yup. Further, the Merriam-Webster dictionary distinguishes "Tarmac", a
trademark, from "tarmac", a generic term.

--Gary