Re: New buzzword

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From: James Van Artsdalen
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1990 05:59

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In <251@dg.dg.com>, uunet!dg!chris (Chris Moriondo) wrote:

> I'd like to see legislation passed prohibiting the use of the
> word "Turbo" on any product which does not actually contain a
> turbine...  (:-)

Remember that a "turbo" becomes active in the presence of a large
volume of rapidly moving hot air...

	... which explains why marketing types relate to the word so well :-)
-- 
James R. Van Artsdalen          james@bigtex.cactus.org   "Live Free or Die"
Dell Computer Co    9505 Arboretum Blvd Austin TX 78759         512-338-8789

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From: james@bigtex.cactus.org (James Van Artsdalen)
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Subject: Re: New buzzword
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Date: 14 Jan 90 05:59:13 GMT
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