Definitions
Examples
“Like many people here, I also agree that all this merch is going overboard.”
Twilight Lexicon » More Places to Spend Your Twilight Dollars
“Yea … Summit/Steph seriously need to cut them off and be like “hmmm … I think 300 pieces of Twi-merch is enough, move on to the next big thing!””
Twilight Lexicon » More Places to Spend Your Twilight Dollars
“I might not get any cool, sweet Twilight merch from the Lexicon, but maybe I will win the poster.”
“Link to images and more info on the sixspace show in LA, and link to more info and merch from the mighty Coop.”
“MarkThePlaces (11: 47: 07 PM): they must've thought hgb was too awesome to ship it, so they opened it, listened to it for months, and then rewrapped it sheburns15 (11: 47: 09 PM): but i had to call the merch place sheburns15 (11: 47: 14 PM): lol sheburns15 (11: 49: 13 PM): well okay then lets plan to disneyland”
“After hanging out and looking at most of the paintings we did our sound check and I proceeded to explore Meaford with our merch guy, appropriately dubbed merch Mike.”
“We've been selling a lot of merch, which is always a good sign.”
“Mostly vintage comic strip "merch" and contemporary, alternative comics-related vinyl figures from Presspop and its ilk.”
“I tried to follow but my Western mind got immediately stimulus-bound by the "merch" stand.”
The Huffington Post: Pavel Somov, Ph.D.: Tinariwen Simplicity in the District of Complexity
“Deals are forged for tie-in toys, clothes, bags of prewashed spinach leaves — any kind of "merch" to which a brand can be affixed.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘merch’.
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Bookmarks
Formerly "Conversations dontcry and frindley AND whichbe and reesetee AND Prolagus might be missing".
i'mpossible, acoustic cloak, definitely, strippable triangle, emmy, 7457, bleachers, fartbreaker, moran, merch, perry como rocks, dead people and 28 more...
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some words
phatic, macerate, amanuenses, theophagy, seraglio, gloaming, geophagy, metaphone, anastrophe, neologism, tetragrammaton, bête noire and 568 more...
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Only on Wordie/Wordnik
Okay, mostly on Wordie. But it's more fun here anyway.
brannock device, polari, stupidhead, in toto, nounal, flustrated, stuffocate, firkin, full-assed, placeholder name, pro-text, cheesequake and 408 more...
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Conversations for the Ages
A list of words that have fascinating conversations on them. Or just, you know, really funny ones. If I missed any, I hope someone will let me know...
Also see a few other Wordizens' l...misuse, slough of despond, drinking problem, sausage fest, vergerhade, baromets, todal, googlewhack, quetzalcoatl, cheesewa, cheesois, absinthe and 187 more...
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The Chronicles of John Gabriel and Ty...
Words from Penny Arcade strips.
unbewiiver, womanta ray, babyta ray, fisherman's mouth, deep crow, hat made of money, stuponfucious, claw shrimp, fan-fucking-tastic, canid, eroticon, wheatloaf and 55 more...
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Meta
Because in this crazy place, technical feedback on site bugs goes on the page for the word 'bugs'. See also Meta Squared, plethora's list of meta lists.
bugs, features, mobile, wordie, wordnet, madeupical, tagging, merch, weirdnet, tag, meta, search and 83 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for merch.

bilby Love it! Oh yeah! Oct 19, 2008
jennarenn Here you go bilby:
*does the jennarenn dance* Oct 19, 2008
chained_bear Yah. There's a link to it below, near the bottom of the page, in several comments. Jun 19, 2008
reesetee Never mind that I have every other word in the universe on my lists, bilby. ;->
I think c_b has such a list too. Jun 19, 2008
bilby Overdue rt but well done nonetheless. Jennarenn, make my day. Jun 19, 2008
reesetee Here you go, bilby. Don't know how I missed it. :-) Jun 19, 2008
bilby How did this not end up on all those 'Wordie conversations' kind of lists?
I have to admit I'm dying to seen jennarenn's rather embarassing little dance *blush* Jun 19, 2008
asativum On my Wordie up! page, I posited a way to bring the wordiemobile to the masses, and reesetee wisely suggested raising it here: The other kind of -mobile, one of those dangly things with lots of words hanging from it, maybe even interchangeable wordies to hang from it...
Dec 6, 2007
lampbane Penny Arcade (1/5/05):
"If kids buy enough products, the Merch rouses from his coma just long enough to impart some keen insight." Dec 3, 2007
jennarenn I'm way behind in my reading, so I just read your post John. In fact, I did a rather embarassing little dance. I've been *wanting* a wordie t-shirt. Particularly anything I can wear in front of other people's kids. If we're taking requests, I would be up for a stuffie shirt. :)
In addition to my conversations list, check out chit-chat and idle chatter. Right now they're organized by legnth, but that needs to be redone. I'll turn it in with my TPS report. Oct 17, 2007
npydyuan Oh yeah, I second that one, rt! Oct 16, 2007
reesetee To add to the suggestions: I think we need a Professor von Schmartzenpanz and/or a chaordic t-shirt. Oct 16, 2007
npydyuan Hey, speaking of that story, I also recommend Terry Bisson's other work. I just read Walking Man a little while ago. Very dreamlike and atmospheric--once you get over the lead girl's always saying "hit" instead of "it," that is. Oct 16, 2007
reesetee Priceless! Thanks, uselessness! Oct 16, 2007
uselessness As for meat, check out this shirt, inspired by this story, courtesy of Dinosaur Comics. Oct 16, 2007
reesetee It would fit in nicely with chained_bear's sausage fest. ;-)
Uselessness, great ideas for t-shirts! I heartily concur--especially on the madeupical once, since...well, you know. Oct 16, 2007
chained_bear U, these are classics. Every one of them! *counts money* I especially like hagiothecium and epicaricacy for t-shirt value. I especially like haversack for conversational value. And I just like meatspace, period. What's not to like? Oct 16, 2007
trivet Ferkin awesome shirts, u! Oct 16, 2007
npydyuan Or maybe just a "meat" shirt. Oct 16, 2007
npydyuan Hmmm.... could I get a "purchase this list for use in meatspace" shirt or mug? Oct 16, 2007
uselessness We seriously need the following t-shirts:
epicaricacy: Don't make me laugh.
waxed paper: Shirted nerd.
haversack: For the haver who has everything.
Have a nice firkin day!
hagiothecium: Google got pwned.
madeupical: Trust no one.
Also, if there was a way to generate posters or shirts or something on-the-fly, a "purchase this list for use in meatspace" link would be nice to dynamically do what rocksinmypocket said, and create merch with lists in cloud format. Oct 16, 2007
chained_bear Ha! Look what I just rediscovered: 18-pounders! Short and weird--everything we need.
Also agree with reesetee. Earworm merch would be cool. "Caution: Emits Earworms," for example. Oct 16, 2007
reesetee Apologies. teh Interwebs.
You don't know how much it took out of me to type that.
So go for obtusity, you think? Kind of reminds me of Despair Wear, which I absolutely love. Oct 16, 2007
chained_bear That's teh Interwebs, reesetee. We're on WORDIE, for god's sake.
John, I respectfully defer to jennarenn's suggestions for conversations--her Conversations list is probably more complete than mine, and certainly was listed first.
I'm partial to sausage fest though--partly because it still makes me giggle to see that phrase, and partly because all the comments are short enough that they might actually fit on the back of a shirt. (Do you think we could get permission to use the "hilarious misunderstanding" comic too?)
Actually, hilarious misunderstanding has even shorter comments, and is even more apparently obtuse. Maybe that one's better. Hmm... Oct 16, 2007
reesetee Oh, and Jennarenn has a few excellent Conversations of Legend-type lists--in fact, I think she may have launched the whole idea. :-) Oct 16, 2007
reesetee Crappuccino mugs??? WOW! *runs off to buy a dozen* What a fantastic idea! T-shirts! Calendars! Onesies! Oh, the possibilities! This is bad...this is very, very bad. :-D
Geez, I sleep for a few hours and suddenly Wordie is merchandising! Ah, the glories of the Interwebs. Oct 16, 2007
rocksinmypockets Oh, no, the crappuccino mugs are just TOO good! I think I actually must buy some.
How cool would it be to put whole lists in cloud form on merch? Oh, dear. I'm in trouble. I can see I'm going to spend money that I oughtn't.
*sigh* Oct 16, 2007
skipvia Chained_Bear has an excellent list called Conversations for the Ages. Oct 16, 2007
john Does anyone have a Conversations of Legend list? Would love to see that.
Crappuccino mugs now available. Boy is my family going to be confused and disappointed when they all get these for xmas :-)
I'll keep playing with the crap on cafe press. Any design/word/list suggestions? Oct 16, 2007
chained_bear Yes, and some Conversations of Legend that could work out purty nice. (The short ones.) Oct 16, 2007
skipvia There are some lists around here that would make excellent mugs. Oct 16, 2007
chained_bear Oh my gosh! Crappucino mugs?! How awesome! I'll definitely come up with some ideas. *thinks hard* Oct 16, 2007
john Short for "merchandise." At most rock shows bands set up "merch tables" to sell tshirts, singles, etc.
Pretty soon Wordie merch will be available at the Wordie Cafe Press Store. It's empty so far, but planned items include "crappucino" mugs and "sesquipedalian" onesies. Please nominate other pieces of crap we can sell. Oct 16, 2007