SECURITY BLANKET

PRONUNCIATION: (si-KYOOR-i-tee blang-kit)

MEANING: noun:
1. A small blanket held by a child for comfort and reassurance.
2. Something that provides a feeling of safety, comfort, or emotional stability.
3. Protective measures designed to prevent the unauthorized dissemination of sensitive information.

ETYMOLOGY: From security, from Latin securus (free from care), from se- (without) + cura (care), and blanket, from French blanc (white), referring to undyed wool + -et (diminutive suffix). Earliest documented use: 1944. The term was popularized by Charles Schulz’s comic strip Peanuts, where the character Linus famously clings to his security blanket.
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SECURITY BLINKET - opening and closing the eyes quickly so the contact lenses don't fall out

SCURITY BLANKET - an orange quilt for the prevention of Vitamin C deficiency

SECURITY BLACKET - obscuring a document with an opaque magic marker to render it unreadable