when a adult is kidnapped why isn't it called adultnapped?

Answer 1

You say "tomato", I say "tomoto". It's just a term that's used. Frequently, they say "abducted" when they're talking about an adult.

Answer 2

kid·nap (kĭd'năp')
tr.v., -napped or -naped, -nap·ping or -nap·ing, -naps or -naps.
To seize and detain unlawfully and usually for ransom.

[Probably KID + nap, to snatch (perhaps variant of NAB and or of Scandinavian origin).]

kidnappee kid'nap·pee' or kid'nap·ee' (kĭd'nă-pē') n.
kidnap kid'nap' n.
kidnapper kid'nap'per or kid'nap'er n.
WORD HISTORY Appropriately enough, kidnapper seems to have originated among those who perpetrate this crime. We know this because kid and napper, the two parts of the compound, were slang of the sort that criminals used. Kid, which still has an informal air, was considered low slang when kidnapper was formed, and napper is obsolete slang for a thief, coming from the verb nap, “to steal.” Nap is possibly a variant of nab, which also still has a slangy ring. In 1678, the year in which the word is first recorded, kidnappers plied their trade to secure laborers for plantations in colonies such as the ones in North America. The term later took on the broader sense that it has today. The verb kidnap is recorded later (1682) than the noun and so is possibly a back-formation, that is, people may have assumed that a kidnapper kidnaps.

Answer 3

The word "kid" was invented after "kidnapped"

Answer 4

Good point man....except in my case that would be calling in sick & meeting him at a motel so his wife doesn't find out...smooches!

Answer 5

We are all kids at heart

Answer 6

Yeah, see they never grow up.

Answer 7

um duhhh?