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Don't say velcro and don't say google. funny velcro campaign distinguishes brands, nouns and verbs
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Posted on 09/27/2017 6:50:18 AM PDT by Daffynition
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To: Daffynition
Velcrows: birds that stick to stuff
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posted on
09/27/2017 6:51:22 AM PDT
by
Rurudyne
(Standup Philosopher)
To: Daffynition
...and don’t call it Kleenex neither...
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posted on
09/27/2017 6:51:34 AM PDT
by
broken_arrow1
(I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
To: Daffynition
I guess I’ll have to make a Xerox of this, then take a Polaroid of it, then send it out by Greyhound.....................
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posted on
09/27/2017 6:54:53 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
To: broken_arrow1
...or Xerox, Saran Wrap, Q-tip, etc.
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posted on
09/27/2017 6:55:44 AM PDT
by
bk1000
(I stand with Trump.)
To: Rurudyne
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posted on
09/27/2017 7:02:12 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(The New PTSD: PRESIDENT-Trump Stress Disorder - The LSN didnÂ’t make Trump, so they can't break him)
To: bk1000
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posted on
09/27/2017 7:03:37 AM PDT
by
stylin19a
(Lynch & Clinton - Snakes on a Plane)
To: Red Badger; JoeProBono
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posted on
09/27/2017 7:05:37 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(The New PTSD: PRESIDENT-Trump Stress Disorder - The LSN didnÂ’t make Trump, so they can't break him)
To: Daffynition
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.
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posted on
09/27/2017 7:08:33 AM PDT
by
IronJack
(sh)
To: broken_arrow1
Jello, Bandaid, Shredded Wheat, Brillo, Coke, Magic Marker. :P
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posted on
09/27/2017 7:10:51 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(The New PTSD: PRESIDENT-Trump Stress Disorder - The LSN didnÂ’t make Trump, so they can't break him)
To: broken_arrow1
“...and dont call it Kleenex neither...”
What about Q-Tips?
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posted on
09/27/2017 7:12:08 AM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
(“The fundamental question of our time is whether the West has the will to survive.” - DJT)
To: IronJack
An eponym is someone or something whose name is or is thought to be the source of something's name (such as a city, country, era, or product); alternately it can be used to refer to the name of something that is based on or derived from someone or something else's name. Albert Einstein is the eponym of the element einsteinium; conversely, einsteinium is an eponym of Albert Einstein.
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.
Link to:"Proprietary Eponyms"
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posted on
09/27/2017 7:15:01 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(The New PTSD: PRESIDENT-Trump Stress Disorder - The LSN didnÂ’t make Trump, so they can't break him)
To: IronJack
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posted on
09/27/2017 7:32:56 AM PDT
by
Bigg Red
(Vacate the chair! Ryan must go.)
To: Daffynition
Stopped watching at the bleeped "expletive".
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.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ft4AmULWXz4
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posted on
09/27/2017 7:53:55 AM PDT
by
moovova
To: Daffynition
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posted on
09/27/2017 8:51:56 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
To: Daffynition
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!
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posted on
09/27/2017 8:59:26 AM PDT
by
Larry Lucido
(Take Covfefe Ree Zig!)
To: Daffynition
That was fun... nice break in the day.
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posted on
09/27/2017 9:15:34 AM PDT
by
reed13k
To: Daffynition
My Heeler dog is named Velcro.....almost 16 years old.
To: JoeProBono
I could have used one of those when I was teaching. :)
[or more than one]
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posted on
09/27/2017 9:23:06 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(The New PTSD: PRESIDENT-Trump Stress Disorder - The LSN didnÂ’t make Trump, so they can't break him)
To: ridesthemiles
I just love that name! Did he stick by you all the time?
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posted on
09/27/2017 9:23:50 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(The New PTSD: PRESIDENT-Trump Stress Disorder - The LSN didnÂ’t make Trump, so they can't break him)
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