I thought I knew a lot about tampon ads, but I'd never considered their similarity to cigarette ads. Allow former "Colbert Report" producer Allison Silverman to enlighten you as well, via this hilarious slide show. (Slate)
A roundup of recent bank and credit-union name changes. Yep, we won't shed many tears over CUMCO. (The Financial Brand)
Who's afraid of the trademark police? Recently, a surprising number of big companies. (CatchThis)
We've had staycations, mancations, and furcations. Now there's nakation (or nacation), the "clothing-optional" getaway. Not to be confused with naycation, the just-say-no variation. (Mr. Verb)
Feel like a schmendrick because you don't know bupkes about the mamaloshen? Michael Wex, author of Born to Kvetch and How to Be a Mentsh and Not a Shmuck, patiently answers readers' questions about Yiddish. (Schott's Vocab, Part 1 and Part 2)
From another corner of the linguasphere, behold the chola makeup tutorial by Baby Smiley, included here because of its repeated use of "eyebrowns" (as in "You gotta make sure that your eyebrowns scream bitch!").* "Eyebrowns" is a well-documented eggcorn with about 43,000 Google hits and an entry in the Eggcorn Forum.
Viewer advisory: Extreme cosmetics, casual profanity, and mock mayhem.
Many thanks to style (and swearing) maven Wendy Brandes, who posted the video on her blog.
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* OK, OK. I included it because it's hilarious.
I can watch the chola video again and again and still laugh just as hard. Have you seen the other makeup tutorials? "Whore" is a good one.
Posted by: WendyB | April 20, 2010 at 08:01 AM