King: security-jacketed
Marius Hancu
"security-jacketed"
does this mean closely watched, covered by security?
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The Overlook Hotel, a white elephant that has been run lucklessly by
almost a dozen different groups and individuals since it first opened
its doors in 1910, is now being operated as a security-jacketed “key
club,” ostensibly for unwinding businessmen.
Stephen King, The Shining
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Thanks.
Marius Hancu
Mark Brader
> "security-jacketed"
> does this mean closely watched, covered by security?
Yes. Not a standard expression, but the meaning is clear. The security
staff have it covered it as close as a jacket is to a person's body.
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Marius Hancu
> > "security-jacketed"
> > does this mean closely watched, covered by security?
>
> Yes. Not a standard expression, but the meaning is clear. The security
> staff have it covered it as close as a jacket is to a person's body.
Thanks.
Marius Hancu
Donna Richoux
I don't buy it. A security jacket is an item of clothing. You can find
pictures, also text such as:
- She was approached by a gang of four men, one wearing a security
jacket,
- the victims told authorities that Bess was wearing a security jacket
- A large latino looking man wearing a security jacket yells,
- the 'state trooper' was not wearing a security jacket.
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Best -- Donna Richoux
CDB
> Marius Hancu <marius...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote:
>>
>>>> "security-jacketed"
>>>> does this mean closely watched, covered by security?
>>>
>>> Yes. Not a standard expression, but the meaning is clear. The
>>> security staff have it covered it as close as a jacket is to a
>>> person's body.
>>
> find pictures, also text such as:
>
> - She was approached by a gang of four men, one wearing a security
> jacket,
>
> - the victims told authorities that Bess was wearing a security
> jacket
>
> - A large latino looking man wearing a security jacket yells,
>
> - the 'state trooper' was not wearing a security jacket.
>
that the place was kept very private, and also that the job was done
by uniformed staff ready to deal with intruders.
Doug
I put the passage back in.
The Overlook Hotel, a white elephant that has been run lucklessly by
almost a dozen different groups and individuals since it first opened
its doors in 1910, is now being operated as a security-jacketed “key
club,” ostensibly for unwinding businessmen.
Stephen King, The Shining
I agree with you. My first impression I had, when I read the passage, was
some kind of club that had a uniformed security person to control access.
Then King tosses in key club and then I'm not sure where he's going.
Googling "Key Club" points me to what amounts to junior Kiwanis .
At this point I think he might be describing some kind of club that is
members only, guarded by uniform security, and provides some kind of
services for business people and may have some recreational facilities of
the form of a bar or gym.
How did I arrive at this.
To me security-jacketed seems like a weird way to indicate uniformed door
security. "Key club" at first look would lead me to mean that every member
had a key to the club, but that seems to be at odds with the guard idea.
Therefore it might be a club patterned after something called The "Key
Club." "For unwinding businessmen" leads me to believe there could be
recreational facilities which are most often are a bar or gym.
The couple of times I've read King there are so many of these might, could
of, may, and not quite right passages that I feel like I'm lost in the fog
in a swamp.
tony cooper
wrote:
>I agree with you. My first impression I had, when I read the passage, was
>some kind of club that had a uniformed security person to control access.
>Then King tosses in key club and then I'm not sure where he's going.
>Googling "Key Club" points me to what amounts to junior Kiwanis .
There are two types in the US. A "Key Club" is a high school club
that is sponsored by the Kiwanis. A "key club" is a nightclub that
admits members only. The members show the doorman a key to enter, but
the "key" make take the form of a membership card. Even if the
membership ID is a key, it would not be a working key.
Note the capitalization of "Key Club" compared to "key club".
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Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
Doug
Thanks Tony. I didn't have the desire to search that far down into google to
see how many means I could find. Key Club and various clubs on the Florida
Keys were mostly what came up in the first hundred entries.
It looks like King took a basic concept and used screwed up wording to
confuse the issue. I still don't understand what he is trying to accomplish
and why he has such a large following.
Horace LaBadie
<2JudnUGX5f1E_B_R...@posted.choiceonecommunications>,
Doug <almostn...@yahoo.com> wrote:
The only members of the key club at the Overlook during the time that
the passage covers were organized crime bosses, mostly from Las Vegas.
So it makes perfect sense that the hotel was jacketed by security.
Doug
Thanks Tony. I didn't have the desire to search that far down into google to
Marius Hancu
>
> >> On Sep 3, 5:12 pm, m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote:
>
> >> > > "security-jacketed"
> >> > > does this mean closely watched, covered by security?
>
> >> > Yes. Not a standard expression, but the meaning is clear. The
> >> > security staff have it covered it as close as a jacket is to a person's
> >> > body.
>
At the first reading, I read it as "security-shelled," taking a
"jacket" as a "protection shell" around this private club.
Thank you all.
Marius Hancu
rwalker
<hwlab...@nospam.highstream.net> wrote:
>The only members of the key club at the Overlook during the time that
>the passage covers were organized crime bosses, mostly from Las Vegas.
>So it makes perfect sense that the hotel was jacketed by security.
Thank you for the most lucid explanation.