"Nooking" has now become a verb for reading on a Nook - Page 3

LDBoblo · 10-29-2009, 02:04 PM

So I was iPodding while NewBalancing to work today and bumped into someone Kindling an ebook I recognized. She Zeissed over at me a few times and I Colgated back. She noticed I was Jansporting a few paperbacks and asked me if I knew about ebooks. I told her I had, and that I had recently Googled the Nook. She said she Twittered to all her friends to eBay a used Kindle or Sony instead. Before saying goodbye, she gave me a number so I could Nokia her in the future to maybe go Starbucking.

How annoying...I try to avoid over-reliance on brand identity. It's the relationship to the customer that companies are trying to forge to secure customers and stability, and there's nothing like relatively uncreative, extremely insecure customers to create that sort of relationship at least on a linguistic level.

LDBoblo · 10-29-2009, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by jasonkchapman

I was going to say that, but I couldn't Logitech the cursor over to the textbox fast enought to Aitchpee the words in. That and I'm a slow Optiquester.

Hmm. That gives me an idea for a new story. I was going to Pentel it down, but I can't. I'll have to Staedtler it, instead.

Be sure to Xerox it to me when you finish Staedtlering it, and I'll ScanJet it in and Photoshop it so everyone else here can at least Flickr it.

kennyc · 10-29-2009, 02:26 PM

Well, I'll just have a coke and enjoy the show.

JSWolf · 10-29-2009, 03:48 PM

Urban Dictionary should be abolished. It's just full of silliness that has no purpose in real life.

acidzebra · 10-29-2009, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Urban Dictionary should be abolished. It's just full of silliness that has no purpose in real life.

For one thing, it keeps me up to date on expressions 12-20 year olds use in real life and on the web. Also the various colorful euphemisms for sexual perversions that Americans seem to excel at (the euphemisms, not the perversions).

Besides, what is your purpose, Jon? Should you be abolished? Should we abolish all things without a stated and explicit purpose? What a boring world that would be.

Abecedary · 10-29-2009, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by acidzebra

Also the various colorful euphemisms for sexual perversions that Americans seem to excel at (the euphemisms, not the perversions).

Well, of course. The Germans have everyone beat there....

acidzebra · 10-29-2009, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Abecedary

Well, of course. The Germans have everyone beat there....

Is that the voice of experience or how should I view this comment?

kennyc · 10-29-2009, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Abecedary

Well, of course. The Germans have everyone beat there....

CleverClothe · 10-29-2009, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by alecE

I just hope they don't start referring to the content of the Nook as "nookie" :-)

Why not? We could have nookie in the Nook.

eGeezer · 10-29-2009, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by LDBoblo

So I was iPodding while NewBalancing to work today and bumped into someone Kindling an ebook I recognized. She Zeissed over at me a few times and I Colgated back. She noticed I was Jansporting a few paperbacks and asked me if I knew about ebooks. I told her I had, and that I had recently Googled the Nook. She said she Twittered to all her friends to eBay a used Kindle or Sony instead. Before saying goodbye, she gave me a number so I could Nokia her in the future to maybe go Starbucking.

How annoying...I try to avoid over-reliance on brand identity. It's the relationship to the customer that companies are trying to forge to secure customers and stability, and there's nothing like relatively uncreative, extremely insecure customers to create that sort of relationship at least on a linguistic level.

Bravo.

I just found this somewhat ridiculous and only mildly entertaining thread and was going to point out that I have yet to hear anyone grab the car keys to go "fording" or "toyotaing" or whatever. "Hey, Mom, would you Kia me down to the mall, please?"

Sure, its common for someone to be going to the drink-dispensing machine to get themselves a Sprite to say "I'm going to go get a Coke, you want one?" and for the answer to be "Sure, get me a Dr. Pepper." But when drinking a soda (or pop, or soft drink -- however your section of the world calls it), one never hears anyone say "Let me finish "Coking" and I'll be right with you."

And we all go Xerox off a copy of something, no matter what the brand of copier. And various and sundry brands have become the common meaning for an action. Sorry. But "Kindling" or "Nooking" is forcing the issue and is just plain silly.

Whatever brand I get, I will still just be reading.

kindlekitten · 10-29-2009, 09:09 PM

and lets not forget the poor woman that was waiting for some tampax and the delivery boy had thumbtacks

danbloom · 10-30-2009, 10:54 PM

btw, one quick question -- is the proper grammatical spelling of NOOK actually lowercase n at the beginning as here: "nook".....? I have seen ads by barnes and noble that show it that way -- nook. not Nook. Which one is it?

Lowercase or Capped? And how will most newspapers print the word? Following BN logo style or their own copy desk style?

is it Yahoo or Yahoo! for example, for the name of the company

pilotbob · 10-30-2009, 11:57 PM

OK,

I lost all respect for the urban dictionary. I thought it had words in it that were in fairly common use... not words that anyone just makes up.

BOb

danbloom · 10-30-2009, 11:59 PM

Bob, the whole world is made up!

pilotbob · 10-31-2009, 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by danbloom

Bob, the whole world is made up!

Next you will tell me that the mice are actually doing experiments on us by letting us experiment on them.

BOb

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10-29-2009, 02:04 PM	#31
LDBoblo Wizard Posts: 1,385 Karma: 16056 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Asia Device: Kindle 3 WiFi, Sony PRS-505	So I was iPodding while NewBalancing to work today and bumped into someone Kindling an ebook I recognized. She Zeissed over at me a few times and I Colgated back. She noticed I was Jansporting a few paperbacks and asked me if I knew about ebooks. I told her I had, and that I had recently Googled the Nook. She said she Twittered to all her friends to eBay a used Kindle or Sony instead. Before saying goodbye, she gave me a number so I could Nokia her in the future to maybe go Starbucking. How annoying...I try to avoid over-reliance on brand identity. It's the relationship to the customer that companies are trying to forge to secure customers and stability, and there's nothing like relatively uncreative, extremely insecure customers to create that sort of relationship at least on a linguistic level.

10-29-2009, 02:26 PM	#33
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,872 Karma: 118716293 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Well, I'll just have a coke and enjoy the show.

10-29-2009, 03:48 PM	#34
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 75,343 Karma: 133807966 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Urban Dictionary should be abolished. It's just full of silliness that has no purpose in real life.

10-29-2009, 09:09 PM	#41
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	and lets not forget the poor woman that was waiting for some tampax and the delivery boy had thumbtacks

10-30-2009, 10:54 PM	#42
danbloom Banned Posts: 135 Karma: 366 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Cyberspace Device: The Bindle: no batteries, hand-cranked pages, mobile, underlineable	btw, one quick question -- is the proper grammatical spelling of NOOK actually lowercase n at the beginning as here: "nook".....? I have seen ads by barnes and noble that show it that way -- nook. not Nook. Which one is it? Lowercase or Capped? And how will most newspapers print the word? Following BN logo style or their own copy desk style? is it Yahoo or Yahoo! for example, for the name of the company

10-30-2009, 11:57 PM	#43
pilotbob Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,832 Karma: 11844413 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tampa, FL USA Device: Kindle Touch	OK, I lost all respect for the urban dictionary. I thought it had words in it that were in fairly common use... not words that anyone just makes up. BOb

10-30-2009, 11:59 PM	#44
danbloom Banned Posts: 135 Karma: 366 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Cyberspace Device: The Bindle: no batteries, hand-cranked pages, mobile, underlineable	Bob, the whole world is made up!

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