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Heaviside would be a very negative connotation for trucks and ATVs. Most people would think heavy-side or top-heavy, which is the opposite of what you want a t
by daveguy 11y ago
Heaviside would be a very negative connotation for trucks and ATVs. Most people would think heavy-side or top-heavy, which is the opposite of what you want a truck to be, and not Heaviside the engineer who lent his name to the punniest function in mathematics.
- pbhjpbhj 11y agoHeavi might work if it isn't already a TM.
- Avshalom 11y agoOr they might think heavy-industry or heavy-duty, which would be a good/neutral connotation. ...and heavy has stopped looking like a real word now.
- robin_reala 11y agoSemantic satiation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_satiation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_satiation
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- robin_reala 10y agoYou might also like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion-Eating_Poet_in_the_Stone_Den https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion-Eating_Poet_in_the_Stone_... then.
- kenrikm 11y agoHeavy in relation to trucks is usually linked with "heavy duty" which is a good thing. Many truck manufacturers use "heavy duty" in their branding.