Tommy Siegel | Bluesky

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The Jeopardy host stands in front of a puzzle that reads: IS THIS YOUR FL_SHLIGHT?

In the lower right hand corner a Picture-in-Picture view shows a contestant tugging at his collar and sweating over how to answer. His score is $10,000

  • lobut@lemmy.ca
    11·
    3 days ago

    That is simple, Fleshlight is a product and would be an uppercase at the start while flashlight is lowercase at the start … simple 👀

    • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 days ago

      Makes sense, then you’ve got me over here saying I need a band-aid and never paying for the name brand… And my spouses family asking for a coke and actually wanting a Sprite.

      Slaughtering English is an american passtime

    • Tiral@lemmy.world
      41·
      3 days ago

      Not necessarily. Is fleshlight an actual brand or the general name of the product?Because if there’s other brands all labeled as “fleshlight” then it’s lower case.

      Like dildo is lower case because that’s the general name, there’s no Dildo brand Dildo as far as I’ve seen.

      • lobut@lemmy.ca
        16·
        3 days ago

        lol I was making a bad joke about how it’s all uppercase regardless so my advice is completely useless

        you do have a point though … we take name brands sometimes and put it into our regular lexicon many times I think xerox is a good example as well.

        • HeHoXa@lemmy.zip
          6·
          3 days ago

          Xerox the first aid instructions about putting Vaseline under your Band-Aid and wiping away the excess with a Kleenex before securing with Bubble Wrap. Then you can return to playing Frisbee on your Jet Ski. Remember to bring your Thermos (you can secure it with Velcro and remind yourself with a Post It). Get all the trash to the Dumpster when you’re done.