Anything you pen is automatically covered by copyright Portions can be quoted (I think there is a upper % limit) under "fair usage" provisions Letters to the newspaper frequently carry a clause of being subject to newspaper editing Not sure if a single new made up word counts as "published works" however a made up word certainly can be registered as a trade mark Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Yep - Biro another good example I don't think companies take action though because it adds publicity to the brand Did Biro become Bic? Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Shovel - implement for removing stuff to make something bigger Hole - something which gets bigger the more you take something away from it Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballpoint_pen, "Marcel Bich also introduced a ballpoint pen to the American marketplace in the 1950s, licensed from Bíró and based on the Argentine designs. Bich shortened his name to Bic in 1953, becoming the ballpoint brand now recognised globally...."
/// In the US, once any work is created there is a copyright by the creator but it is much easier, cheaper & certain to prove if it is registered. Titles, ideas & basic plots cannot be copyrighted. A joke cannot be copyrighted but a collection of jokes can be. Each published edition of a public domain work is copyrighted. Tho a public domain work is open for use by anyone, any too recent published edition cannot be duplicated without permission. <>
Sounds more like a rolled over VW campervan resting on its roof Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
A new group of one one eyed Dinosauria Dyathinkhesaurus finifugal Definition finifugal Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! rate (Adjective) hating endings; of someone who tries to avoid or prolong the final moment of a story, relationship, or some other journey https://www.definition-of.com/finifugal Tmesis (/ˈtmiːsɪs, təˈmiː-/;[1][2]Ancient Greek: τμῆσιςtmēsis, "a cutting" < τέμνωtemnō, "I cut") is a linguistic phenomenon in which a word or phrase is separated into two parts, with other words interrupting between them https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tmesis All 3 words seen in book After the Break by Author Penny Smith Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Also known as the intellectual dinosaurs....Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! https://www.definition-of.com/finifugal Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! [/QUOTE] As opposed to "finifrugal".......Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Me being lazy typing most of my post on a 5" screen of a smart phone with a rubber tipped which if used to close to the dot results in a line break Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
finifugal Definition finifugal Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! rate (Adjective) hating endings; of someone who tries to avoid or prolong the final moment of a story, relationship, or some other journey ... just for one day... Scheherazade! .............................. can we transform Scheherazade into a verb? ........................ finifugal finnegans wake?