[Other] Did you guys know... ?

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SeraRelm

Huh... I'm surprised, though I suppose I shouldn't be. Most of the people I deal with wouldn't even know of the word, much less bungle it's meaning.
 
Bowielee

Bowielee

stienman said:
There are many, many words I'm sure I use incorrectly due to learning them from context rather than looking them up when I was younger.
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The one that annoys me the most is atypical.

If it meant typical, why would there be a modifier on there?

Also, all the QI being posted is like porn to me. I want to marry Stephen Fry.
 
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SeraRelm

Impractical, yes, but a moot discussion is of the hypothetical or theoretical. I suppose for some people that would also mean irrelevant.
 
checkeredhat

checkeredhat

That the zamboni is not, as is most often thought, Canadian? It was invented by an Italian- American, living in California, no less.
 
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SeraRelm

The name implied Italian heritage, but an interesting fact nonetheless!

In Philadelphia, you can't put pretzels in bags based on an Act of 1760.
 
jwhouk

jwhouk

Also, the Zamboni is a trademark. Machines made by someone other than Zamboni are simply "ice resurfacers."
 
checkeredhat

checkeredhat

This is true. The Canadian brand is called Olympia, and is made by a company called ResurfIce. While the Zamboni is the official ice resurfacer of the NHL, several teams use Olympias anyway.
 
Bowielee

Bowielee

jwhouk said:
Also, the Zamboni is a trademark. Machines made by someone other than Zamboni are simply "ice resurfacers."
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It's one of those situations where the brand becomes synonymous with all brands of that product.
Such as: Band Aid, Qtip, Vaseline, etc...
 
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There's a word for when a specific name becomes so synonymous with general objects of the type that it is applied to all objects of that type: eponymous. Band-Aid, Q-tip, Vaseline, Scotch tape, Kleenex, Aspirin, Laundromat, Thermos, Yo-yo, and Zipper are all eponymous brand names or trademarks.
 
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SeraRelm said:
Scotch tape? Weird.

Actually, Kleenex as well.:Leyla:
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Yup. Scotch brand is a 3M trademark, but it's used for any transparent adhesive tape. Which shows why we all just call it Scotch tape - because saying "Can you pass me the transparent adhesive tape?" is cumbersome.
 
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makare

That's basically the death of a trademark. When that happens and people equate that product with a generic a company can lose their trademark.
Or it is called genercide if you want to be douchey about it.
 
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