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The sea dwelling mollusk or the slang term for a piece of dive equipment?Wildcard:
ASUPaula
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Any of numerous carnivorous marine mollusks of the genus Octopus or related genera, found worldwide. The octopus has a rounded soft body, eight tentacles with each bearing two rows of suckers, a large distinct head, and a strong beaklike mouth. Also called devilfish.
Something, such as a multinational corporation, that has many powerful, centrally controlled branches.
Tentacles of octopus prepared as food.
A fairground ride that approximately resembles the form of an octopus, with a set of rotating spokes or arms' from which passenger cars are suspended.
Something, such as a multinational corporation, that has many powerful, centrally controlled branches.
Tentacles of octopus prepared as food.
A fairground ride that approximately resembles the form of an octopus, with a set of rotating spokes or arms' from which passenger cars are suspended.
diver_paula
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A date that has more arms that won't stop grabbing than one would like.
diver_paula
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Second regulator.
A second regulator dosen't look like an octo to me but the whole thing does. Im guessing that octo has spun off from the original term somehow. Am I confused? I could be wrong, it happened to me once before.
Finnatic
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The June issue of Dive Training Magazine had an intriguing picutre of an Octopus (the animal) suspended in water with all the tentacles hanging down next to a picture of a first stage suspended with all the hoses hanging down. It's real easy to see why the term Octopus applies to the entire first stage with hoses. I now refer to my "octo" more appropriately as my "safe second". Take a look:
http://www.dtmag.com/06-04-NoDumbQuestions.shtml
http://www.dtmag.com/06-04-NoDumbQuestions.shtml
Term started way back when we first decided to add the extra on there... In the "good ole' days" you had no gauge, just flip the J valve when it got hard to breathe, no octo - love buddy breathing, and no inflator hose... Didn't have BCs. Weight yourself right and control with air in your lungs, not a vest...
Well, these items started appearing adding another hose and another, and the last to be added was the spare reg... and someone once said, "With all those damn hoses hanging down it looks like a darn octopus" and the name just stuck... onto the last hose added, the backup 2nd stage... the octo.
(oops.. just went and read the article that was linked in previous post.... kinda said the same thing I did... Well at least good to know I was right! Sorry for the reduncancy, redundancy, redundancy.)
But why is it "occy" for people overseas??
Well, these items started appearing adding another hose and another, and the last to be added was the spare reg... and someone once said, "With all those damn hoses hanging down it looks like a darn octopus" and the name just stuck... onto the last hose added, the backup 2nd stage... the octo.
(oops.. just went and read the article that was linked in previous post.... kinda said the same thing I did... Well at least good to know I was right! Sorry for the reduncancy, redundancy, redundancy.)
But why is it "occy" for people overseas??
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