Etymologies
- Genericization of the trademark Polaroid. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“November 25th, 2008 at 8:52 am lease homes nottely lake direct sales training bloomingdale il schools with kitt in the name polaroid pdc 3030 review apartment rental oswego new york george bissett elementary school the masseuse vivid video vengasupri Says:”
“Guests find out their fix-up on the way out with a favor envelope holding the name and polaroid of their potential paramour.”
“My favourite part of it is the polaroid, which is still in a good shape after all these years.”
“I was shooting digital as only a "polaroid" to save on 35mm usage.”
“He suggests a novel alternative that he describes as "polaroid" windows, hovering image snapshots that can be used to see parts of other images while you are working.”
“Since Polaroid film has been canceled in making, does that mean there's no kind of polaroid film left?”
“This was in the late 1960's, before personal computers and desktop publishing, so it was all made with typewriters, scissors, and polaroid cameras.”
“Erik Brunetti, proprietor of the FUCT clothing and as early a developer/proponent of what is now termed "Street Art" as exists, is shopping his polaroid portrait of the now-legendary stenciler shot in the early 1990s at Slam City Skates, the then-UK distributor for Bruneti's influential streetwear label.”
The Huffington Post: Mat Gleason: January '11 L.A. Art World Gossip
“Nicky will discuss his passion for polaroid photography and the history of the iconoclastic band, and take part in a book signing following the Q&A.The event, brought to you by Faber & Faber in association with the Guardian, will be hosted at Rough Trade East, Brick Lane on Wednesday 16 November.”
The Guardian: Exclusive Guardian Music event: Nicky Wire in conversation with Dorian Lynskey
“Francis Ford Coppola teaching Akira Kurosawa how to use a polaroid.”
The Huffington Post: Travis Korte: 'Gunslinger': The Rebirth of a Great Blog
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘polaroid’.
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•Open List: What's On Your Work Desk?
Name one or more of the strangest things you've ever had on or around your desk. (Coworkers don't count.) Please explain on the word page for our continuing enjoyment. :-)
Inspired by ...preserved slice o..., coffee mug shaped..., 11th-century illu..., book from hitler'..., krazy ikes, magic 8 ball, queen of tech ser..., 3 ft.-long hangin..., pickled pig lips, stapler, tennis-ball sized..., 16-channel audio ... and 100 more...
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It's All Just Words.
quixotic, penisaurus rex, plibt, pot, polaroid, gemütlichkeit, hey! pooper scoop..., nowhere, anywhere, somewhere, elsewhere, wherever and 80 more...
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genericized trademarks
Trademarked names that people use to refer to the thing in general, regardless of maker.
xerox, saran wrap, play-doh, silly putty, jell-o, crapper, band-aid, sharpie, biro, bic, zippo, thermos and 81 more...
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africasunsets's list
serendipity, fragrance, glamour, smitten, nourish, lavish, luxury, wicked, gem, daring, soothe, fantasy and 192 more...
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trademark
all of these are from 7 English
dictionaries and Macquarie dictionary
I havent listed capitalized ones yet
but Viagra would be one and common
words like sterling a sub-machi...agene, adware, airbus, alnico, amberina, amarone, apiezon, aspirin, atebrin, atebrine, autocue, autoharp and 774 more...
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kewpid's Words
moleskine, araldite, dessicate, cellar door, grotesque, fallacy, vendetta, raindrop, panacea, ethereal, hircus, treppenwitz and 446 more...
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Samme's Words
soliloquy, meander, creativity, magic, discovery, happiness, empowerment, abundance, [magnificent], iridescent, artistic, magical and 694 more...
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Genericide
Trademarks that have lost their character as indicators of source to become a general term for a product or service.
cellophane, aspirin, butterscotch, escalator, heroin, kerosene, thermos, yo-yo, zipper, dry ice, email, freeware and 106 more...
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Australian
words not found in other
dictionaries,these are from Macquarie
Dictionary and not playable in
scrabbleabdul, abdulled, abdulling, abi, abiu, ablactate, absinthial, absinthian, absoluter, acalypha, acanthodian, acaroids and 5128 more...
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ziz's Words
penumbra, sialogogue, marshmallow, visigoth, cat, googolplex, vanillin, polaroid, heckle, umbrella, parasol, palanquin and 1 more...
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Words
fresh, blog, photographs, save, polaroid, asian drama, olympics, miss, hit, cease, incompatible, guerilla and 1 more...
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exposure
being words related to photography and the photographic arts
cyanotype, tintype, lithograph, daguerreotype, calotype, rayograph, photogram, ambrotype, collotype, luminogram, kallitype, platinotype and 29 more...
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Trade Names
rollerblade, zeppelin, kleenex, band-aid, tabasco, jell-o, trojans, rooty-tooty fresh..., xerox, google, velcro, coke and 39 more...
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Favorite Words! *(-__-)*
My favoritist words every in the world!
rendezvous, muffin, polaroid, balloon, heffalump, stupefy, giganotosaurus, doodlebug
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dirtdirt's Words
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first list of earthache
Anti-topic list
klezmer, pastiche, polaroid, within, relief, fluxus, soundscape, clouds, catastrophe, granular
Tweets
Looking for tweets for polaroid.

chained_bear Another usage on Muxtape. See also Poladroid.
"What makes the Polaroid picture special—and suddenly so resonant—is the way its formal qualities dovetail with the mechanics of memory.... For much of its history, photography marked the moments sporadically (each roll of film contained a limited number of images) or abstractly (in black and white); we were required to exercise our mnemonic muscles by supplying the color or recalling the context. But digital photography rewrote the rules, parceling out the past in a flood of images that are as detailed and consecutive as our devices allow.... The Polaroid serves as a palpable reminder of the pleasures of good old-fashioned remembering. For one thing, it materializes in real time, making it the only form of photography that transcends mere documentation to become part of the moment it's meant to preserve; we blow out the candles, look at the Polaroid, and archive both experiences as one.... Polaroids inadvertently warp, and thus estheticize, every moment they capture... Polaroids look like memories—imperfect and incomplete, but somehow realer for it."
—Andrew Romano, "Instant Karma," Newsweek, July 27, 2009 Jul 24, 2009
kewpid “The demise of Polaroid’s instant film cameras has been coming for years. Digital technology did it in. The decision this year by the company that Edwin Land founded to stop manufacturing the film has left devotees who grew up with Polaroid’s palm-size white-bordered prints bereft. They have signed up in the thousands as members of SavePolaroid.com. Digital cameras that print instant pictures have materialized to fill the void, providing a practical substitute. But as in most affairs of the heart, logic is beside the point.�?
— Michael Kimmelman, ‘The Polaroid: Imperfect, Yet Magical’, The New York Times (27 December 2008).
Dec 28, 2008