Sunday, March 12, 2006

Band-aid

Word of the day: Band-aid

Why bandaid? What are band-aids for? For protection and to allow a wound to heal! The truth is that, "with some wounds you have to rip the bandaid and let the wound breathe".

1 comment:

qaminante said...

Now, the linguist in me would say, that's an example of a tradename becoming a normal word, like hoover for vaccuum cleaner in the UK - where, however, the Band-Aid brand was never marketed under that name, so we know band aids as "plasters"!
Other than that, it was also a brilliant play on words by Bob Geldoff and friends.
The self-help junkie in me, on the other hand, would agree that it is necessary to let some wounds breathe instead of "protecting" them.