Posted on 09/27/2017 6:50:18 AM PDT by Daffynition
What is ‘hook and loop‘? well it’s exactly like velcro but you can’t call it velcro. the manufacturer of mechanical based fastening products explains why in their new don’t say velcro campaign, an all-singing music video with all the vital traits to go viral – a confrontational title, an annoyingly catchy song and the most important, shock factor.
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Velcrows: birds that stick to stuff
...and don’t call it Kleenex neither...
I guess I’ll have to make a Xerox of this, then take a Polaroid of it, then send it out by Greyhound.....................
...or Xerox, Saran Wrap, Q-tip, etc.
Vaseline; Ping-Pong
Just like Frigidaire for refrigerator, or Teflon for non-stick coating, or Caterpillar for tracked earth-moving vehicle. Proprietaries often become generics.
Now tap that keg and pass me a solo cup.
Jello, Bandaid, Shredded Wheat, Brillo, Coke, Magic Marker. :P
“...and don’t call it Kleenex neither...”
What about Q-Tips?
There are many different types of eponyms, especially in scientific fields. Theories, laws, equations, proofs, and elements often have their eponyms in the people that first discovered or proved them.
Proprietary eponyms are another matter entirely. These are general words that are, or were at one time, proprietary brand names or service marks. Kleenex, for example, is a brand of facial tissues, yet the word is used today to refer to facial tissues of any brand. Xerox is a brand of photocopy machine; that word, too, has been since adopted to refer to any brand of photocopy machine and, moreover, also employed as a verb to describe the act of photocopying. As this illustrates, although brand names are proper adjectives (as in, "Kleenex facial tissues"), when such terms are adopted for general use they tend to become nouns and often also verbs.
Some proprietary eponyms are given below. Where two spellings are given, the first spelling is the version in common use, while the second, parenthesized spelling refers to the original product name or service mark.
Do you want a coke?
I just don't understand why they include this kind of "cleverness". It's still offensive.
(*See Dallas Cowboys cleverness by kneeling BEFORE the national anthem.)
It brings to mind the Lidl grocery store commercial advertising their opening in my area. A black boy almost says an "f-word" but saves himself by stretching the "f" into the word "fresh". His mother says "Nice save.". Then his mother later says what could be the "f-word", but it's bleeped.
Peter: I hope we pass a McDaniels or a Burger Queen.
Quagmire: Oh, that’s right, we’re on television.
Joe: I could really go for a flame-broiled Bopper!
Quagmire: This is so frustrating. We all know what we’re talking about.
Joe: I put in a call from the McDaniel’s payphone while you guys were getting that nine-piece Chicken McFingers and those Diet Conks and those Fresh Fries.
Quagmire: Oh, come on! They don’t own French Fries!
That was fun... nice break in the day.
My Heeler dog is named Velcro.....almost 16 years old.
I could have used one of those when I was teaching. :)
[or more than one]
I just love that name! Did he stick by you all the time?
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