• waterore@lemmy.world
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    4 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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        4 months ago

        Both words are used, so I understand the confusion; also, sprinkled with a little misspelling:

        Dumpster: The Dempster Brorthers, Inc.
        

        EDIT: Just read the Dumpster Wikipedia page. The Dempster Brothers’ had a truck called The Dempster Dumpmaster 😂

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      4 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

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        4 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