• waterore@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    The Dumpster Brothers? Their last fucking name was Dumpster? Wild that that was just a common last name with no connection to trash for centuries

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        9 months ago

        From Wikipedia: A zipper, zip, fly, or zip fastener, formerly known as a clasp locker

        Trampoline: The generic term for the trademarked trampoline was a rebound tumbler

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      9 months ago

      Trademarks are context sensitive, and zoom was not used as a term for video calls before that. It is interesting that that’s the only one on the list that isn’t also a made up word