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Cake day: June 30th, 2023

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  • Kleenex, tissue. Band aid, bandage. Xerox, copy. IPad, tablet (some people call their android tablets iPads) Plucker, flosser.

    It’s not really that bad. Some are even shorter:

    Google, search. Invisalign, retainer.

    Some are iffy:

    Sharpie, permanent marker. (You could just say marker, depending on if you have any other markers in the house to disambiguate from.)

    And some are definitely shorter as brand names:

    Q-tip, cotton swab Velcro, hook and loop Sawzall, reciprocating saw

    (And if there was a shorter name for “oscillating multi tool” I would be so happy.)

    I can’t think of any others.





  • It’s all terminology and labels.

    Do you belong to a theology? No? Then you’re an atheist. But that label has a stigma, so some opt for a different label.

    Are you gnostic? No? Then you’re agnostic. No one talks about gnosticism out of religeon or philosophy, so they know what you mean. But the subjects of gnosticism and theism are two different things.

    But it also feels oversimplified when I put it that way, since these things a less black and white and fall more on a spectrum.

    That said, do you play golf? No? Then you may also be an a-golfer, an a-tee-ist.

    Which label you chose may be based on how much the stigma bothers you or how much of a troll you are.