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Beau Peep Notice Board => Outpourings => Topic started by: Diane CBPFC on July 25, 2009, 10:43:43 PM

Title: What else have cartoonists named in society?
Post by: Diane CBPFC on July 25, 2009, 10:43:43 PM

Kate just asked me why hot dogs are called hot dogs - so I googled:

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_are_hot_dogs_called_hot_dogs_if_they_are_not_made_of_dog_meat (http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_are_hot_dogs_called_hot_dogs_if_they_are_not_made_of_dog_meat)

Just made me wonder if cartoonists brought any other words into common use.

Title: Re: What else have cartoonists named in society?
Post by: Tom on July 26, 2009, 09:32:44 PM

Acme springs to my mind.

Title: Re: What else have cartoonists named in society?
Post by: robbie62 on July 26, 2009, 09:47:57 PM

KAPOW !!!

Title: Re: What else have cartoonists named in society?
Post by: Elizabeth on July 27, 2009, 12:56:04 PM

I used to pronounce Acme as "ace - m" in my head... :-[

By the way, Happy Birthday to everybody I missed - been a bit busy lately... Retire on Friday though... (well from full time work anyway)

Title: Re: What else have cartoonists named in society?
Post by: Roger Kettle on July 27, 2009, 08:29:21 PM

You're retiring? Good grief, woman, you can only be about forty! Anyway, enjoy it and give my best to the guy in your house who was forty one last week.

Title: Re: What else have cartoonists named in society?
Post by: The Peepmaster on July 27, 2009, 08:47:51 PM

Wimpy.