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Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 3:57 pm
by Tony McC
I was actually looking for the term used to describe those products whose name has come to define all similar products - think of 'hoover' or 'sellotape' when I found this on one page which Google erroneously claimed had the answer.....
KARL WATKINS, 20, appeared at Hereford Crown Court in February 1993 on five counts of outraging public decency: in particular, making love to pavements.
Watkins claimed it was a case of mistaken identity, but he was fingered many times as the man found face down on the paving stones with his pants round his ankles. One boy told of seeing Watkins's bare backside moving up and down, while a mother said she was shocked to see a group of children gathered round him. He also attempted to mount an underpass. How he passed the time during his 18 month jail sentence is far from clear.
Watkins was back in court in April 1995, on charges of simulating sex with black plastic dustbin bags in front of teenage schoolgirls. He revealed a nine-year fetish with the plastic sacks, centred on the "feel and touch of the bin liners". He went out at night to spend his time in rubbish piles, and had been found in wheelie bins, and even in the back of dust-carts. His ultimate sexual fantasy was to be in a dust-cart when the bin bags were crushed. Convicted of outraging public decency, he was put on three years' probation and ordered to seek psychiatric help.
Source: http://www.ssrichardmontgomery.com/
...I suspect the more open-minded amongst you will be able to guess what the piece on hoovers was about! :p
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 4:06 pm
by seanandruby
i dont suppose he had a leg to stand on because they must of had "concrete" evidence against the flag f****r :laugh:
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 6:05 pm
by msh paving
there must be other things to do on a sunday afternoon 
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 6:14 pm
by nick65
I sometimes woory about the inner workings of your mind Tony, some dark stuff going on there.
Anyway back to Mr Watkins, he could start up own his own in the paving sealing area.
His advert might go like this. K.W spunkbond. semen sealing. your local spermatic pavement sealer and pointing professional (checkible history).
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 6:45 pm
by msh paving
This gets sadder and sadder...........i know theres a downturn in work but this takes the biscuit......... :p
Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 8:57 am
by TheVictorianCobbleCo
Put wheels on his wrists, and a bucket on his backside, a hose from the bucket to ***, lift by the legs and you have a pointing machine
Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 9:29 am
by IanMelb
I worry about the wording of the article:
he was fingered many times as the man found face down on the paving stones with his pants round his ankles
I hope they washed their hands afterwards ...
Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 10:04 am
by IanMelb
Anyway,
'Genericized trademark' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genericized_trademark
or 'proprietary eponym'
is that what you were after?
Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 6:39 pm
by Tony McC
Yes and no, Ian. yes, you're on the right track, but no because I was sure there was a single word, like 'tmesis' is the term used to describe phrases such as "abso-bloody-lutely".
Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 9:09 pm
by GB_Groundworks
i always though it was generic term for hover, sellotape, etc
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 3:44 pm
by mouldmaker
Eponymous?
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 1:39 pm
by mouldmaker
The word (if anyone still cares!) is Metonymy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genericized_trademark
Edited By mouldmaker on 1233668543
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 12:58 pm
by danensis
Isn't that Cormaic's chat-up line?
Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 1:23 pm
by mouldmaker
danensis wrote:Isn't that Cormaic's chat-up line?
I thought that was "I've only got 3 inches, love, but I've got 18 stone to bang it in with!"
Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 3:41 pm
by Slabbers
mouldmaker wrote:danensis wrote:Isn't that Cormaic's chat-up line?
I thought that was "I've only got 3 inches, love, but I've got 18 stone to bang it in with!"
Best laugh I've had in weeks (only 3 inches eh, guess not all men lie) :p