That was my favorite one-liner from George Carlin, who died over the weekend.
And it turns out the answer is yes, there is a synonym for synonym … poecilonym, which is defined as “a word that means the same thing as another.”
Day: June 23, 2008
World of Workcraft
Ever wonder what sort of MMO World of Warcraft toons might play? World of Workcraft has the answer.
Ball Buster, the Boardgame
One of my favorite blogs, The Booberry Alarm Clock, reminds us that once upon a time (i.e, the 1970s) there were actually TV ads for Ball Buster, the game for the whole family!
The back story on this is that this game was a product of Mego, the action figure company that at that point was at the height of its success. The fact that they chose to pour their money into “Ball Buster” shows the decision making process that led to their decline shortly thereafter (and certainly explains why the action figures were all neutered!)
According to Everything2.Com,
For some reason Mego thought it could get away with the product’s name. When the time came to screen the game’s TV commercial to buyers from toy and game stores, the audience was stunned silent.
Shortly after “Ball Buster”, Mego made another classic well thought out decision when it rejected a licensing deal for some film called “Star Wars” (though it did later snag the “Star Trek: The Motion Picture” license!)
Pro Cycling Manager 2008
Pro Cycling Manager 2008 is a cycling sim for the PC and PSP. I’m curious whether there’s an EPO plugin.