I got invited to a “deminar” this week. A what, you ask? Context gave me a clue. The word “deminar” was used in a sales pitch email from a tech company.
We’ve become used to the term “webinar” for an online seminar, so I figured it was related. Still, I had to do a little research to determine what the heck “deminar” means. Well .
.. it’s an online demonstration.
But instead of inviting me to an online demonstration, I got invited to a “deminar.” I didn’t register, but I have added deminar to the list of words I will never ever use. While I’m complaining, I’m not very happy with the state of our ketchup.
We’ve never figured out how to deal with ketchup. I’m old enough to remember when glass bottles were the standard. They’re still available but they are a quaint throwback.
They may be kind of quaint, but they’ve always been useless. Younger people may have never experienced the painful process of extracting ketchup from these bottles. You would think that being a soft solid — almost a liquid, sort of — you would pop the top of the bottle, turn it over and pour your ketchup.
Ketchup bottles never worked this way. Accidentally or on purpose, when we flipped our glass ketchup bottles over, what happened was ..
. nothing. The ketchup just sat there in the bottle.
It had to be coaxed out and people developed a variety of techniques to help. Some would smack the bottom or side of the bottle. Some would stick a knife up into the bottle.
Others.
