Friday, September 12, 2008

Brands in Action (y’know, like verbs!)

Happy Friday! How ‘bout a contest, yeah?  Hokay So, I’m going to list my favorite brands that have been used as verbs.  Then, in the comments you’ll list your faves.  Those of you that have the most/best/interesting brand verbs will be awarded with a beer (and or other happy hour beverage of choice) paid for by yours truly. Said contest will run from now (Friday September 12th at 5:24pm until next Friday the 19th at the time that I start drinking (usually 3pm-ish).  If you are participating from outside of Minneapolis (which I hope you are!) we’ll work it out ok.  IOUs, send your friend a drink, FedEx?  It’ll happen I swear.

Here goes, Erin’s Faves:

  1. I TBS’d It – watching the second half of a movie on TBS and then watching the first half when they replay it immediately after.
  2. Just Google It – searching for any information online.
  3. Mapquest it First – Number of people using Mapquest: approx 7.  Number of people saying Mapquest when they are really using Google Maps: approx 7 million.
  4. I watched it on TIVO – Did you really? Or are you watching it on your DVR? That’s what I thought.
Ok ready break!


*Honorable mentions are available for brand name/tag line integration. Example: At the cabin my dad took me and Libby to a bar called What the Heck.  Before getting out of the car he turns to us and says, “Wisconsin, more bars in more places.”  But no, I will not be buying him beers, only you!

10 comments:

Jeanine Lilke said...

Oh, how I love a contest. Off the top of my head my two fav's are:
1) FedEx it. As in, "I forgot about sending this package so I FedEx-ed it last minute."
2) Ikea-ing. As in, "Let's go Ikea-ing and buy crap we don't really need."

YOU ARE ALL GOING DOWN!

Lindsay said...

We all know I like to abbreviate things lately. Does this count?
"I'm BRing til 4." Meaning I'm working at Banana Republic until 4pm.
Or, "Just book me." aka "Just Facebook me."

Jameson Hall said...

My personal favorite:
iTunes it. As in, I'm going to go and iTunes Season 2 of Burn Notice."

Danielle said...

Facebook me- AKA sit in front of your computer for hours and look at my pics dating back to frosh year.

MySpace me- Same as facebook but creepier. And you have to be either 13 or 43, (preferably male).

alicia houselog said...

1) "BIC"ing (shaving one's head with a Bic razor) as in "I bic'd my head last week and now I look like an alien."

2) "Wii"ing (playing on the Wii) as in "Dude, you should see me wii... I am, like, a SUPERSTAR bowler."

3) "Gucchi"ing (dressing up ridiculously more classy than you will ever actually be) as in "She was all gucchied up, thinkin' she was aaaaaall that and shit. Bitch."

4) "Yahoo!"ing (being dumb enough to search online via yahoo.com) as in "I'm a dumb ass and haven't discovered Google yet, so I yahoo!ed in."

5) "Skype"ing (video chatting online via Skype) as in "I like to pretend to have a long distance relationship, so I skype him instead of call him."

6) "Digg"ing (posting something on the website, Digg) as in, "That Palin/Fey SNL skit? Oh yeah- I dugg that."

7) "Yaybia"ing (to post on Yaybia) as in "OMG did you SEE those billboards? I MUST yaybia those!" *Sorry - had to try.*

alicia houselog said...

oh- i forgot!

8) "Mace"ing (pepper spraying someone) as in "I protested the RNC and got my ass MACED!"

*Mace is a brand, not just a product, right?

alicia houselog said...

9) "Rollerblade"ing (inline skating) as in, "So, I was rollerblading down the street one day and some little punk threw a stick in my path and I wiped the (expletive) out!"

Libby Issendorf said...

So maybe this isn't exactly a legal entry, but how about "crAppetizers"? If I suggest getting crappetizers, we all know I mean peach sangrias and nachos from (cr)Applebee's.

Jeanine Lilke said...

Jetsking. As in, "Let's go Jetskiing, but, oh wait, you own a POS Yamaha."

Ben said...

A few that are obscure and possibly outdated:

1) "Xerox," though I haven't heard anyone use it for a while

2) In the UK, "Hoover" sometimes stands in for "vacuum"

3) "Dumpster-diving" technically fits the bill, even if 'dumpster' has become pretty generic

 
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